Webinar: Communicating with Emotional Competence
Join us for an informative and transformative webinar titled “Communicating with Emotional Competence: Making a Difference to Patients and Colleagues”. This webinar is co-organised by the CONNECT hub(*) on The Global Health Network (TGHN), OUCRU, and KEMRI (Kenya Medical Research Institute – Wellcome Trust Research Programme Kenya). The webinar aims to empower healthcare professionals with […]
Mental Healthcare for Carers: We Support the Supporters!
October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This year, the global theme, “Our Minds, Our Rights,” emphasises the universal right to access mental healthcare services as part of basic healthcare, which is considered one of our fundamental human rights. Before, during, and after the pandemic, we saw how frontline healthcare workers experienced a significant burden […]
OUCRU Tuberculosis Group Reported At The Symposium “Access To New Testing Techniques In Medical Diagnosis And Treatment”
Each year, over 4 million people worldwide with tuberculosis are left undiagnosed. In June 2023, OUCRU Tuberculosis Research Group presented two papers at the “Access to New Testing Techniques in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment” symposium. These new techniques have the potential to help screen and diagnose promptly and accurately so that patients can receive treatment on time.
OUCRU Project Raises Vaccination Uptake in Ethnic Minority Communities in Dak Lak, Viet Nam
In Viet Nam’s ethnic minority communities, getting the community vaccinated relies on local health workers, who are often low-paid volunteers with little training about vaccines or communication skills.
Improving access to care for people in Vietnam impacted by Hepatitis C: dissemination workshop to share findings of OUCRU’s community-based participatory research
On 10 March 2023 OUCRU and Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, hosted a one-day research dissemination workshop for policy, healthcare, community, and research stakeholders. It took place at the Equatorial Hotel, in Ho Chi Minh City. The event was attended by around 70 representatives from state agencies and […]
Mental Health talk series: How are we today?
“How are we today?” was a sharing session, in which guest speakers and participants shared their stories of different Covid-19 mental health-related challenges, especially during the prolonged lockdown period. The conversations also reflected on how people have coped with their mental health stress. In addition, this event marked the launch of a new, free resource […]