The third wave is picking up speed, spreading faster, hitting harder. With rapidly rising case numbers & increasing reports of serious illness, the latest surge threatens to be #Africa’s worst yet. #COVID19

South Africa forced to choose who to save. This pandemic closer to start than the 'end' - we have the science, we have the tools. Inequitable access to those tools is driving the continued pandemic, the loss of lives, new variants. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-5… via BBC News (UK)

Vaccine inequity will faciliate increased transmission of delta variant,increase illness/hospitalisations/deaths, increase chances new variants - vaccines work now against variants but only if you have access to vaccines. New variants are inevitable & in future may escape vaccine

Senior Analyst position in Sierra Leone - for post-doc interested in working in West Africa. Deadline extended to 9th July opendeved.net/jobs/

Black people all over the world have to walk this fine line of continuous excellence to be treated with common decency, but not be so excellent that they threaten the success of their white counterparts. At that point their success is capped, and no reaction is tolerated

Our paper on designing new COVID-19 treatment strategies is out! Thanks to my co-authors and funder Wellcome for the various contributions. A special thank you to the editors and reviewers of LifeScienceAlliance for a very constructive and well-managed peer-review process.

Lucy Cavendish College admits first intake under new #admissions policy, becoming the first Cambridge College to admit a majority of #students from underrepresented backgrounds ⬇️ lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/lucy-cave…

It's not February, 11th or October, 27th; but I'm proud to say I have an outstanding woman as a MENTOR! An inspiration why I would definitely pursue Computing research in graduate studies, by God’s grace I celebrate her today and every other day🤍 PS: I did this sketch in 2017😊

"Our fight is not with bacteria, it’s with humans. It is us who overuse and misuse antibiotics, us who feed antibiotics to animals for food production, and us who pollute the environment through antibiotic manufacturing." academic.oup.com/jacamr/article…

An increasing number of people I know are testing positive for COVID & quite a few are unwell at home. Reminder that it’s not your fault if you get COVID, it’s not your fault if you’re sicker than others you know & your employer should offer sick leave so you can rest & recover.

We're announcing £4.5 million funding for research & development of innovative new treatments for drug-resistant infections identified by World Health Organization (WHO) as the greatest threats to global health. See how the UK’s taking action to tackle #AntimicrobialResistance 🔻 gov.uk/government/new…

It's February, eleventh. Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science, Dr. Bridget Bannerman! Thank you for inspiring not only girls and women but boys and men, too. I celebrate you today and every other day.

📺 Lucy Cavendish College were on BBC News last night to celebrate their historic admissions milestone: First Cambridge University College to admit more than 90% from state schools! 👀 You can watch it via link below 👇 🔗 lnkd.in/efHJ2bwX 📣 Please share far & wide 🌐

.World Health Organization (WHO) will launch the #AMR Global Research Agenda in Human Health, on 22 June 2023 12:00- 13:30 CEST. Developed following a rigorous & transparent process & several rounds of review & consolidation. Register here for more on the 30 AMR research priorities we need to focus on.

UK Set to Rejoin EU Horizon Science Program After 2-Year Absence - good news for science, research, health, international collaboration, culture, careers - simply great news. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I encourage you to read this article published in the Lancet Global Health, #AMR and the great divide: inequity in priorities and agendas between the Global North and the Global South threatens global mitigation of #AMR as we look ahead to UNGA HLM 2024. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Many congratulations to nine Cambridge University researchers elected to the Fellowship of the The Royal Society this year, especially Centre members: 🌟 Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald, Director Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge 🌟 Prof George Malliaras, Director CancerTeDDy 👏👏 👉 crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/news/fellows-r…

Exciting news! 🌍 We are pleased to announce our new partnership as an esteemed member organisation of World Health Organization (WHO) 's International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN).

“The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is.” - Eckhart Tolle