I just found the first Belgian tiger mosquito of the year 🦟 🇧🇪 #aedesalbopictus

The field season has officially started 🤘
🕵️‍♀️ watch out with us for tigers: muggensurveillance.be

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Adwine Vanslembrouck Isra Deblauwe

27-year-old James Apolloh Omenya woke up 39 people in the camp and took them to higher ground on these raised water tanks. He also swam to save someone who could not be reached by a chopper.

He's a student at Africa Nazarene University

And here's a rather beautiful Culex pipiens sl caught by PhD Scholar Meshach Lee in a suburban park this week. That is some seriously hairy legs ! VectorsGlasgow

It's officially 'mosquito-o'clock' in Scotland. Culex pipiens sl have started their season

What further assurances does the UK Government need?

Fund UNRWA like the EU, Norway, Canada, Australia & others.

The UK should stop sending arms & start send aid to those who are suffering the most horrific humanitarian catastrophe that is, quite literally, starving children.

📢'The World Is Your Oyster' is for those who are born in global north countries--don't experience visa bureaucracy & emotional burden that non-white global south scholars do. Citizenship is a privilege that we need to recognize in the academe. 1/n

nature.com/articles/d4158…

A ground operation in Rafah will be nothing short of a tragedy beyond words.

' #Malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles sacharovi) return to #Italy
after 50 years' by Philip Willan & Tom Whipple The Times and The Sunday Times
thetimes.co.uk/article/malari…

Genetic predisposition, modifiable lifestyles, and their joint effects on human lifespan: evidence from multiple cohort studies. ⁦UK Biobank⁩ ebm.bmj.com/content/early/…

Very big thank you to all former & current Co-Chairs of UofG_SBOHVM EDI-ECR grp Dr. Zabibu kabalika Georgia Kirby Issa Mshani Mary Nthambi Raheema Ivan Casas Erin Johnston Connor Sullivan. Your efforts continue to inspire us, teach us & make UofG_SBOHVM a great place for everyone

Today is #WorldMalariaDay

A preventable & curable disease that kills +600,000 people each year

There's a tragic story behind each of these numbers. Of which 3 out of 4 are very young children.

#AccelerateTheFight
#GenderEquityHumanRights
#EndMalaria
#ZeroMalariaStartswithMe

Fifty years ago, World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Expanded Programme on Immunization, bringing countries together to provide children everywhere with vaccines.

Since then, vaccination has saved an estimated 154 million lives.

This #WorldImmunizationWeek is a reminder of the lifesaving power…

My bestfriend doing the things Multilateral Initiative on Malaria. One of the most dedicated and hardworking female scientists I know. Keep it up Doreen Siria !! . Please meet her and hear about the remarkable work she is doing Ifakara Health Institute.She will be presenting again on Thursday.

📢 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Malaria Programme launches new operational strategy outlining its priorities and key activities up to 2030 to help change the trajectory of #malaria trends, with a view to achieving the global malaria targets. #WorldMalariaDay24 🦟
who.int/news/item/23-0…

UK VBD 24 (3-4 Dec). Our 3rd keynote speaker is Dr Trisna Tungadi, Lecturer in Plant Health Keele University 🐿️, who works on plant responses to viral pathogens and insect pests; Trisna Tungadi @UK_VBD. Book now to avoid disappointment!
keele.ac.uk/lifesci/ourpeo…

Massive thx to Mercy Opiyo & colleagues from CISM Manhiça for hosting VectorsGlasgow Ifakara Health Institute & IRSS Burkina Faso for an excellent meeting on Infrared Spectroscopy for malaria surveillance last week. Obrigada!

“The introduction of 56 million state-of-the-art mosquito nets in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases & 24,600 deaths.”

The Global Fund @Unitaid IVCC New Nets Project is having exceptional impact.
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