London ID/GIM SpR and @CreatePhd fellow with an interest in infectious disease dynamics and control, based @mrcunitgambia. Views/spelling my own. He/Him.
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#APTSepsis Cutting maternal infections & deaths by >32% is a call to action to scale infection prevention in all maternal care. Read the paper 👉 nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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We are very grateful to all @NHSuk #pharmacists based in #SierraLeone & #Zambia providing clinical education & mentorship, working in partnership with colleagues to undertake research, policy development, awareness raising & advocacy during & beyond the #CwPAMS project #WAAW2024
ALT NHS Pharmacist Volunteers Ed and Nisha with Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Champions carrying out community awareness raising at New Masala Health Clinic in Ndola, Zambia
ALT NHS Volunteer, Pharm Emily with AMS Champions and Nursing colleagues in Sierra Leone
ALT NHS Volunteer, Pharm Alex with Pharmacy interns in Sierra Leone
ALT NHS Volunteer, Pharm Gabby with AMS Champions in Sierra Leone
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Calling all health professionals with an interest in undertaking global health research in Africa. Could this opportunity be right for you? @baat_org @MidwivesRCM @theRCN @rcgp @RCollEM @rcpsych @RCPhysicians @RoyalVetCollege @CW_Pharmacists @rpharms @RPS_Wales @RCoANews @GOC_UK
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Systematic review & meta-analysis revealing high rates of antimicrobial resistance across 5 bacterial species isolated from infected wounds, skin & soft tissue infections, & surgical site infections across the African continent 🦠
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📣 Applications are OPEN for the 2024 LSHTM Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. shorturl.at/szX49 📣 @LSHTM @HTropDis #IDtwitter @lshtm
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As we finish our final @apt_sepsis #MaternalHealthChampions training lead by @PeaceOkwaro, the support from @MinofHealthUG has been excellent, @JoelLwasa & others share insights from both midwifery & O&G, as we seek to reduce #MaternalSepsis with @IDIMakerere @MLW_Programme
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Champion training for active prevention and treatment of sepsis program @apt_sepsis. Day 3 lead by Tabitha of our hub team - an exciting day, as our new champions lead sessions and develop skills for supporting their own hospitals to improve care. @IDIMakerere @MinofHealthUG
Phenomenal talk from @DrNeil_C at #ESCAIDE2023 on how was can use climate, geospatial and produce pipeline data to improve foodbourne outbreak detection. Too engaged to take a photo: well worth a watch for all those registered 👏🏻👏🏻
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Sarah Foulkes, principal epidemiologist of the @UKHSA #SIRENstudy giving a superb talk on the power and utility of SIREN, allowing studies into vaccine effectiveness and impacts of prior infection 👏💪 @victoria_jhall @SMHopkins #eccmid2023
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Pleased to start 2023 with a new paper out from the #SIRENstudy! Our frequent testing and efforts to sequence as much as possible have provided valuable intelligence to track emerging variants @SMHopkins @EJMMonk wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29…
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New pre-print out! We implemented a rapid end-to-end workflow for malaria parasite genomic surveillance in Ghana using Nanopore sequencing @nanopore 1/
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Thanks @HDR_UK for the nomination. Huge team effort with brilliant leadership from @victoria_jhall working with NHS research teams, NHS staff with engagement fora, academic partners and communicating regularly to the public about our science outputs.
Congrats to the SIREN study from the @UKHSA on being nominated for the Team of the Year award! 🎉
The study is a unique, large-scale partnership with NHS healthcare workers to provide an agile response to the pandemic
ALT Text-based graphic that reads: "Utilizing vast amounts of health data to answer the most pressing questions relating to COVID-19, the team have impressively influenced data flows." UKHSA SIREN, Nominated for HDR UK's Team of the Year Award
Grateful to be able to present our work on the occupational risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 @ESCAIDE, and learn from all the AMAZING Field Epi coming out of Europe! Pleased to see a big push on action not words: 100% agree - looking forward to seeing the next steps! 💪🦠⛔️#SIRENstudy
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Setting up a prospective cohort study is ambitious. How do we keep participants engaged? Come find out from Sarah Foulkes at #ESCAIDE2022 how we’ve fared in the #SIRENstudy and what lessons we can share for those running such studies in future.
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(1/3) SIREN's nominated for an HDR award! We are honoured and looking forward to finding out the winners!
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Book giveaway! 📕 Like this Tweet & Retweet for your chance to win a SIGNED copy of 7th Ed. Parasitic Diseases. We'll pick a winner on Monday, Oct. 24th at noon EST & ship it directly from the @ASTMH Annual Meeting in Seattle. Open to followers worldwide. Good luck!
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(1/7) It’s been a great couple of days at #UKHSA22. Thanks to the conference organisers & presenters! There have been great presentations from the nation’s leading scientists, epidemiologists, policy makers & more. Here’s a recap of some of the SIRENstudy team presentations:
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New Research: Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of #COVID19 before and after SARS-CoV-2 omicron emergence in maternity facilities in Malawi 🇲🇼(MATSurvey): data from a national maternal surveillance platform thelancet.com/journals/langl…
