Thread- Le savant Zambien qui voulait aller sur la lune et sur Mars

Au début des années 60, la Guerre froide est à son paroxysme. Les Etats-Unis et l’Union Soviétique s’affrontent. Un savant africain refuse de s’aligner derrière ces deux supergrands

#Immunization is a key preventive measure in the mitigation of #AntimicrobialResistance

If we are able to prevent infectious diseases then we will not have #drugresistant infections.

#WorldImmunizationWeek
#PreventingAMRTogether

#WorldImmunizationWeek
💉 Vaccinations can prevent infectious diseases.
💊 This reduces the use of #antibiotics .
🦠 And help contain spread of bacteria resistant to antibiotics. #antibioticresistance

#SaviezVousQue | La destruction massive des forêts africaines entraîne non seulement la perte de biodiversité et de précieux habitats pour de nombreuses espèces animales, mais contribue également de manière significative aux émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre (GES).

Social determinants of Health & #AMR - a complex space with little robust evidence generated to support co-design of interventions in managing drug-resistant infections
Work of HPRU AMR PhD student #AlisonShutt
ESCMID #ESCMIDGlobal2024 James Price Diane Ashiru, PhD aholmes

Mali : l’armée neutralise un chef militaire de l’Etat islamique
Sa tête était mise à prix par les Etats-Unis qui avaient proposé une prime de 3,4 milliards de francs CFA (environ 5 millions de dollars) pour sa capture.
iciabidjan.com/mali-larmee-ne… via @iciabidjan

COVID booster linked to 25% lower odds of long COVID

People who received the COVID-19 booster vaccine had 25% lower odds of having long COVID than their unvaccinated counterparts.

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid…

This #WorldImmunizationWeek , themed 'Humanly Possible: Immunization for all', we celebrate the achievements of immunization in eradicating smallpox, nearly eradicating polio, & radically reducing child mortality in the past 50 years, globally.

#VaccinesWork Vanessa Carter 🇬🇧🇿🇦

📢As we celebrate #WorldImmunizationWeek !. Take a moment to learn about how vaccines work to contribute to our collective well-being. #HumanlyPossible
AMR Intervarsity Training Program
IRACYAHARI Eric Ibrahima KOUMA
ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance RWANDA ONE HEALTH CLUB
WHO African Region AMR Now
#VaccinesWork #Immunizationforall

Khushi Baby COO & Co-Founder Mohammed Shahnawaz spoke to us at #SkollWF earlier this month about their impact since winning funding in the inaugural Trinity Challenge: increasing data points collected, health indexing on a village level, and now widening the scope into climate data.

🔥GAME CHANGER RCT🔥
Multicenter open label
Cefiderocol was non inferior and not superior to SOC antibiotics in patients with Healthcare Associated and Hospital-Acquired GN bacterial BSI
Slides shared by Sean Ong
#ESCMIDGlobal2024
A game-changing trial? #IDXposts

#ESCMIDGlobal2024 : Insightful BSAC session on #AntimicrobialStewardship accreditation this afternoon.

Lessons from Zambia & Nigeria, India, Spain & Australia
Eg Qs:
Which model?
Should it be mandatory?
Should accreditation be implemented in resource limited settings?

Great debate session coming up this morning at #ESCMIDGlobal2024 with ISAC Trustee, Prof. Heiman Wertheim, presenting on preserving carbapenems by using alternative antibiotics.

#Escmidglobal #escmid #eccmid #antibiotics #antimicrobialresistance #infectiousdiseases #gramnegative

Full house for Vanessa Carter 🇬🇧🇿🇦, the most important voice at this year's #ESCMIDGlobal 2024

People living with resistant infections experice fragmented care, prolonged care with multiple antibiotics, and lack of support and empowerment.

#ECCMID2024 #ESCMIDGlobal

How can we, as clinicians, improve the care we provide to people living with AMR infections?

Key recommendations from Vanessa Carter 🇬🇧🇿🇦

#ESCMIDGlobal 2024 #ESCMIDGlobal #ECCMID2024

Vanessa Carter 🇬🇧🇿🇦 amrnarrative.org

#ESCMIDGlobal #ESCMIDGlobal 2024

Today, At the Cepheid Lunch Symposium,Vanessa Carter 🇬🇧🇿🇦 ED of The AMR Narrative shared her patient perspective. She emphasized on discussing IPC, fostering healthcare provider collaboration & empowering #Patients through education.Their voice amplifies the urgency of addressing #AMR .

#Immunization was one of the key contributors to the eradication of #smallpox . There is a lot of potential in preventing #infectiousdiseases through #immunization

#HumanlyPossible
#PreventingAMRtogether

SPARES – Données agrégées 2023 preventioninfection.fr/actualites/spa…
La mission SPARES vous propose de recueillir certains indicateurs de consommation d’antibiotiques et de résistance bactérienne.
La date limite de réponse aux questionnaires est fixée au 31 mai 2024.
RéPIA

2 fellow patient advocates dropping in at #ESCMIDGlobal2024 today, Rob Purdie from the USA (MyCARE) & me (The AMR Narrative) from South Africa/UK. Both members of the World Health Organization (WHO) TaskForce of #AMR Survivors

Hopefully next year we'll see more patient representation at this massive event!