Registration is open for Gairdner Microbiome Symposium: Exploring Nutrition, Health and Culture through a Microbiome Lens!🦠

Hear about the role of the microbiome in medicine, nutrition & health.

🗓️June 20 @ #UofG & online.
🎟️Free. All welcome.

microbiome-symposium.uoguelph.ca

It is easy to spread #measles ... but also easy to #PreventMeasles

Make sure you and your loved ones #GetVaccinated as recommended

Learn more: nfid.org/measles

✅ Today's Poll ✅

What kind of masks do you currently use when caring for a patient with suspected or proven #COVID19 ?

Register now for this upcoming McGill Global Health Programs McGill Global Health Program course focusing on helping professionals understand and manage health care issues faced by refugees, immigrants and migrant populations

In-person or online

For more info and to register:

Passionate about #tropical #medicine ? Join us for the next Tropical Medicine Rounds!

Rounds are clinical vignettes presented to stimulate discussion. Case studies will be presented by Dr. Dave Harris David James Harris from Vancouver

Wednesday May 1st @ noon EST To join:

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Today marks the start of National Immunization Awareness Week! This year's theme is 'Protect your future - get immunized!' No one should be left behind when it comes to protecting the future of their health and that of their families, friends and communities.

#NIAW #VaccinesWork

Learn about less explored pathogens and their relation to #climatechange in this JAMMI 9.1 article that highlights the gaps in current knowledge: bit.ly/jammi91a
JAMMI Canada Journal University of Manitoba AMMI Canada #amoeba

Volume 9, Issue 1 of JAMMI is available to read online! Explore new research covering topics ranging from less explored pathogens and their relation to climate change to an overview of the harms caused to children by antibiotics: bit.ly/jammi91
AMMI Canada

Upcoming Webinar! 🚨

Why Do We Still Need to Talk about #Measles ?

Everything you want to know about the situation in the world and in Canada, the diagnosis, management and prevention of measles

Advice + perspective from Dr. Caroline Quach and Dr. Christian Lavallée

🗓 April

Upcoming webinar!

Antimicrobial Stewardship in humans, animals and environmental health – One Health Perspective

🗓 April 22
⏰ 9am PT / 12pm ET/ 1.30PM NFL

Registration is free: tinyurl.com/yy6mhd2w

#OneHealth
#zoonosis
#EnvironmentalHealth

The World Health Organization (WHO) is hosting a webinar to review the terminology of pathogens that transmit through the air

Objectives of the webinar are to:
- Describe the updated terminology and the consultation process 
- Outline next steps 
- Answer technical questions regarding the updated

And it’s a wrap! Outgoing presidents Deb Yamamura and Agatha Jassem delivered the closing remarks. We say thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 AMMI Canada CACMID and made our meeting so successful this year.

We can’t wait to see you again next year in Calgary, AB! Mark

Thank you to all our sponsors, the conference couldn't happen without them. AMMI Canada CACMID
#ammicacmid2024

Kicking off the last Day of AMMI Canada CACMID Annual Conference with an attendees’ favorite: the WHAT’S HOT in pediatrics, stewardship, ipac, ID and microbiology.

Kirk Leifso
Dr Marthe Charles
Dr Nicole Le Saux
Dr Jennie Johnstone
Dr Christian Lavallee

Congratulations to all the 2024 award winners. Check out all the recipients on the conference website ammi-cacmidconference.ca/2024-awards/
AMMI Canada CACMID

Good News of the Day at the 2024 AMMI Canada CACMID Annual Meeting

Detection of Candida auris remains stable in 🇨🇦 and much lower than in the 🇺🇸

Most cases acquired abroad. Mainly hospitalization in the USA

Important data from Amrita Bharat of the CNISP surveillance program

We have concurrent Master Classes today! Which one would you go to? #ammicacmid2024

Dried blood spot to improve accessibility to diagnostic testing in remote communities. Innovation to increase #health #equity

Another inspiring talk from Dr John Kim from National Microbiology Laboratory at #ammicacmid2024

Day 3 of AMMI Canada CACMID annual meeting started strong with a plenary describing advances in diagnostic testing in rural 🇨🇦

« Canada has one of the worst access to antimicrobials of all wealthy nations »

Humbling words from Andrew Morris at #ammicacmid2024 opening session.

Canadians have the right to quality care and access to life saving antibiotics

#IDtwitter
#stewardship
#AMR