IRONMUM is one example of SMRU’s long-standing collaboration with global partners to address critical health challenges in low- and middle-income settings. Through partnerships with institutions such as the University of Oxford and the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), SMRU conducts research that is firmly grounded in local realities, ensuring that preventive strategies and treatments are effective where they are needed most. Working on the Thailand–Myanmar border since 1986, SMRU combines research, clinical care, and humanitarian action to improve the health of mothers, children, and vulnerable populations affected by infectious diseases and limited access to healthcare.
Read the Research Spotlight on the University of Oxford website
Watch Germana Bancone, Haematology Research Scientist at SMRU in Mae Sot, Thailand, telling us about her research on red blood cells disorders in low-resource settings.