Videos and Games
Alive, Alive Oh
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Emily Webster. Design by Ben Leighton)
The ballad of ‘sweet’ Molly Malone, who sells shellfish, is Dublin’s unofficial anthem. But what is the link with typhoid?
Typhoid is an old disease that continues to cause problems across the world. Join Alice Liddell – in Wonderland – for a tour through the dramatic history of early typhoid control. Help provide safe water for Oxford’s inhabitants, solve a set of mysterious typhoid outbreaks in Alice’s city, and learn what you can do to help control typhoid in the present.
Award-winning Animation
THE ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN TYPHOIDLAND
On a golden afternoon in 1864, Alice Liddell went on a magical tour. Whilst being rowed in a boat, she heard a story about a rabbit in a nice coat. But this is not the story of the trip that led to Wonderland. Glide with us on a murky ride as we journey down the sewer hole into Oxford’s underside – there is much to show in typhoidland…
(Credit: Concept & Script by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. Design by Ben Leighton)
New Animation!
Resistance is inevitable…
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE STRIKES BACK
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – which causes drug-resistant infections – is a danger to us all. It increases the risk of diseases spreading, serious illnesses and death. Watch our new animation to find out more about AMR’s history, unequal impacts, and what we can all do to tackle it.
(Credit: Concept & Script by Samantha Vanderslott, Claas Kirchhelle & Emily Webster. Design by Ben Leighton)
Videos
SANITATION & TYPHOID IN OXFORD (1850-1887)
Poor drainage and the lack of sewers meant that low-lying parts of Oxford were described as “a swamp converted into a cesspool” in 1850. See the changes in water and sanitation structures that transformed the city.
(Credit: Concept & Script by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. Design by Ben Leighton)
TYPHOID SWALLOWERS
In 2017, about 100 participants in the City of Oxford, UK drank live typhoid bacteria to test how well a new vaccine worked. Here is the story of two of the trial volunteers.
(Credit: Interview by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. Filming by Gold Filling Records)
THE TRAGIC TALE OF MARY MALLON
The most (in)famous healthy carrier of typhoid fever through foodborne transmission was Mary Mallon who became known as ‘Typhoid Mary’.
(Credit: Concept & Script by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. Design by Ben Leighton)
HOW DO VACCINES WORK?
To understand how vaccines work, it helps to learn how vaccines harness the natural activity of your immune system. This short animation made by the Oxford Vaccine Group explains how vaccines enable the body to make the right sort of antibodies to protect against a particular disease.
(Credit: Originally developed by Oxford Vaccine Group. Concept & script by Sarah Loving & Samantha Vanderslott. Design: Ben Leighton)
DEATHS FROM TYPHOID AND ENTERIC FEVER
Discover how typhoid and enteric fever affected Oxford from 1872-1901 and the impact of new sewer and water systems on disease incidence.
(Credit: Data collection by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. ARCGIS Maps by Claas Kirchhelle and Mike Athanson. Web development by Discover eLearning)
Games
MAD HATTER PIPE CHALLENGE
It’s tea time but something is wrong in The Mad Hatter’s kitchen! Can you help to fix the pipes underneath his house before his guests arrive?
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Discover eLearning. Design by Ben Leighton.)
DEAN LIDDELL RIVER CHALLENGE
Alice’s dad is trying to improve Oxford’s drinking water. Help Dean Liddell to stop typhoid from running riot across the city!
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Discover eLearning. Design by Ben Leighton.)
TYPHOIDLAND MYSTERY GAME
Detectives of Typhoidland: From the brewery to the ice-cream shop, people are getting sick across typhoidland. Put on the hat of a ‘Medical Officer of Health’ and find the mysterious source of this outbreak.
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Renderheads. Design by Ben Leighton.)
IMMUNE SYSTEM MEMORY GAME
Pick a T Cell colour and try to find all matching Infected Cell cards from the grid. Can you find more matching cards than your opponent?
(Credit: Game Design by Sean Elias. Game Development by Discover eLearning.)
THE TYPHOIDLAND QUIZ
Take our multiple choice quiz covering the history and facts about Typhoid. How many questions will you get right?!
(Credit: Game Design and Development by Discover eLearning.)
