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PDRA with @LSTMnews based @MlwTrust, Malawi🇲🇼. Focused on Infection Prevention & Control @IPCMalawi | Implementation Research | Behaviour Change | 🇮🇪

Malawi
Joined February 2019
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Please share far and wide. If you speak Chichewa (and hopefully another vernacular), please apply for this research post that might fund a PhD in the history of humanitarian medicine in Malawi. See details below!👇
🚨#Job Alert🚨 University of Manchester are looking for a #Chichewa speaker to study the history of humanitarian medicine in #Malawi. If you don’t have a #PhD yet, the team will support you to achieve one through the research project. jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future thelancet.com/journals/lance… Please read our brief look @TheLancet's past, what it says about its present, & might about its future. "Influence unfairly accumulated through colonialism must be redirected to egalitarian purposes."
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An amazing week co-creating solutions and strategies for improved infection prevention and control in Malawi @QMDMOH @IPCMalawi @MLW_Programme @DoricaNg @nfeasey1
Patient guardians, HCW's, researchers, & policymakers, convened from 13 to 15 Feb 2024 to share experiences & brainstorm solutions for improving Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in a collaborative effort under the IPC Implement study by MLW.
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Excited to have attended the 2023 IUIS at the CTICC, Cape Town,SA.It was such a great experience sharing some of my research findings from my PhD work looking at the T cell receptor repertoire diversity in the lung.Thanks IUIS, let's meet again in Vienna.
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Thomasena O’Byrne retweeted
David Mhango presenting his work on the role of Alveolar Macrophages in Tb @iuis_online @MLW_Programme
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🌍✨ Join us in solidarity for the #16DaysOfActivism against Gender Based Violence! Calling on governments worldwide to invest in GBV prevention, management and eradication for all women and girls. Together, we can make a lasting impact!🌐#GenderEquality #UNITECampaign
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This week is World AMR Awareness Week themed: “Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together”. We all have a role to play in preventing AMR in Africa. Let’s take the pledge at antibioticguardian.com/afric… & become an antibiotic guardian. #WAAW2023 #StopSuperbugsAfrica.
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Presenting MLW’s One Health activities at the COHESA Malawi One Health Strategic Planning Workshop this week @thomasena_ @sekekayuni, highlighting MLW’s commitment to collaborating with stakeholders across the One Health platform in Malawi. @JanelisaMusaya #OneHealth
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That’s my girl @ChristineCeili 🦄
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Thomasena O’Byrne retweeted
An honour to join so many #UNGA at the ⁦@j_artshealthlab⁩ ⁦@carnegiehall⁩ as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with @WHO @Lancet Global Series on the Health Benefits of the Arts thelancet.com/journals/lance… who.int/news/item/25-09-2023…
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📣📣📣 RECRUITMENT OPENING 📣📣📣 PhD Student recruitment for the 2023/2024 intake will open on Monday 2nd October 2023. How to apply can be found on webpage gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/grad…
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Congratulations @flamycain!! Malawi misses you.
I'm honoured and humbled to join some academic giants in a inspiring society as a Fellow of The Royal Society of NSW @royalsocnsw Thank you to all my mentors, team members, colleagues and nominators for the encouragement! royalsoc.org.au/blog/society…
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Thomasena O’Byrne retweeted
Delighted that out paper “Gender considerations for supportive supervision in humanitarian contexts: A qualitative study” was published in Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health @PsychologyTCD @TCDCGH @IFRC_PS_Centre - bit.ly/48sftAf
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The legend that is @flamycain
Delighted to give the opening lecture of the 75th Annual Meeting of the DGHM in the beautiful town of Lübeck! Can’t wait to hear the latest breakthroughs and catch up with stellar colleagues #AMR #DGHM2023 @kittenfinity @SandraReuter9 @schauflerlab
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Thomasena O’Byrne retweeted
Feeling hopeful & excited about #Safeguarding in #Africa.... and I am not the only one! @pamcafrica The future will be alright💗 #SafeguardingInResearch #PAMCA2023
#HappeningNow #PreConference Day one of the Safeguarding Champions: Strategies for Preventing & Addressing Safeguarding Issues in International Research & Development has kicked off in #Addis. The opening remarks was led by Dr. Hiwot Solomon from the Ministry of Health Ethiopia
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The @MLW_Programme's finance department is currently hosting visitors from the Wellcome Trust's Finance Team this week. We extend a warm welcome to @wellcometrust Sheri Adigun, Becky Joyner-Cope, and John Roberts from @LSTMnews.
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Come along today to see @DoricaNg present critical findings from our work on designing & developing appropriate strategies for improving IPC practices in Malawi. Poster 128 @ICPIC_meeting @MLW_Programme @LSTMnews #ICPIC #ICPIC2023 – at Geneva, Switzerland
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Presenting & discussing findings from Malawi’s FIRST nationwide IPCAF assessment with IPC focal leads from up & down the country. Urgent need for implementation strategies to improve & support IPC practices! @MLW_Programme @LSTMnews @WHO #ICPIC2023 – at Malawi
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Thomasena O’Byrne retweeted
On the search for Peer Researchers to join our team 💓 - all application info available via @Activelink & @ztayerfarahani Plz retweet 🙏
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