UCT's Dr Muki Shey, making strides in #TB vaccine research iol.co.za/capeargus/news… via IOL News

Special focus on challenges and opportunities for the development and use of vaccines in Africa, by Wits University Professors Shabir A. Madhi and Helen Rees tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On 25 Oct 2018, I completed my term as a member of World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE is the principal advisory group to #WHO for #vaccines and #immunization. I enjoyed every bit of my time at SAGE. #VaccinesWork

Vaccine hesitancy ‘outbreaks’: wiyeh alison uses epidemiological modelling of the spread of ideas to explain the effects of vaccine related events on vaccine acceptance #vaccinehesitancy #vaccineacceptance tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

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Vaccines are one of our most effective health interventions, so it's important they're not misunderstood. This is the current state of vaccine confidence wellc.me/2Kym3uD by Heidi Larson The Lancet #VaccinesWork

Strong health systems, with immunisation as an essential ingredient, help communities cope with emergencies & keep populations healthy. Spare no effort until we reach the 1 in 4 African kids who has no access to vaccines #AVW2019 #ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork #EveryShotCounts

I look forward to my presentation today at the IDM UCT on our CochraneSouthAfrica work. We are a research unit of the SAMRC and also part of Cochrane #AfricaDay #AfricaDay2019 #Research #CapacityDevelopment #AfriKaRise #AfricaDaySymposiumIDM #AfricansInScience

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I had the pleasure this evening to get access to the Cameroon Town-hall platform, to discuss online with our brothers and sisters health professionals in the diaspora, on the opportunities for collaboration with a view to their contributions to transforming our health system.

Public health isn’t built through “leadership” but via solidarity and accompaniment. As long as we keep training medical and public health students to fetishize leadership and not in epistemic humility and partnership, we will risk doing more to undercut health than to build it.

Congrats to all the UW Population Health Initiative pilot grant awardees! Special shoutout to the Epi researchers who continue to drive research in our commnunity ⤵️ Anjum Hajat, Dr. Arjee Restar, Alison Fohner, wiyeh alison , Zeruiah Buchanan, Anne Massey, and @Taylor__Riley. buff.ly/3pTm31a

Congratulations #Husky100! Meet 100 students from across the University of Washington who are making the most of their #HuskyExperience: uw.edu/husky100