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Kim (Kim R. van Daalen, PhD) was nominated for her outstanding research and her wider activism for global health. Just look at how much she’s accomplished so far. b-gat.es/3NAn7Ot

Next week at #UNGA heads of government & Foreign Ministers will meet for three High Level Meetings on global health - on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness & Response; on Universal Health Coverage; and on the Fight Against TB. More here👇🇺🇳 UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳 un.org/en/high-level-…

To tackle antimicrobial resistance, we must focus on infection prevention so that antibiotics are not needed in the first place. Thank you to Tim Wainwright WaterAid UK 💦 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for working to ensure that everyone has access to clean water telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

📢Today we have announced up to £295 million of new funding for R&D partnerships to develop the tools and evidence we need to strengthen #GlobalHealthSecurity, drive progress towards #UHC, and end the preventable deaths of mothers, babies, and children. 👉gov.uk/government/new…

Yes, when talking about data in general, if referring to a metric based on an event (eg death), your time series should default to the date of the event (eg date of death) not the date you learned about the event (eg date of registration). Same with counting cases or infections

Fascinating outbreak investigation of neonatal enteroviral myocarditis in infants in Wales & SW England late 2022, associated with high seasonal non-polio enterovirus & coxsackie virus (CVB3/CVB4) Unanswered questions as to why regional clustering & it also happened in 2013 🤔

The UN General Assembly has adopted political declarations on global health: ➡️ Pandemic preparedness. ➡️ Universal health coverage. ➡️ Ending Tuberculosis. 🇬🇧 We announced $600 million for global health at UNGA78 and are committed to advancing Sustainable Development Goal 3.

Despite being a difficult time, there was a need for greater collaborative and transparent reflection and a urgent requirement for evidence based evaluation. Thanks to all colleagues and partners for this important contribution to Global health security pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37802545/

Professor Dame Jenny Harries opening the UK Health Security Agency conference outlining the biggest concern for health security: Anti-microbial resistance, citing Prof. Dame Sally Davies’s description of AMR as the Silent Pandemic.

UKHSA has detected a single confirmed human case of influenza A(H1N2)v, which is the first detection of this strain of flu in a human in the UK. We are monitoring the situation closely. Read more in our news story: gov.uk/government/new…

The wheels are set in motion and dozens of people are diligently working over the weekend on H1N2 investigations and preparedness. It always seems an overreaction, until it’s not! Swine flu: what’s next after the first confirmed case in the UK? bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…

The Ebola survivors who are still infectious – 10 years after the world’s biggest outbreak that ravaged West Africa. The threat of its return looms in an unlikely source: the testicles of men who survived. ✍️Samuel Lovett 📷Simon Townsley telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

🛎️ Reminder that measles is a notifiable disease 🦠 Doctors must legally report all suspected cases (yes all of them!) to their local UK Health Security Agency health protection teams for public health action ⤵️ Reporting form: gov.uk/government/pub…

As a former UK Chief Medical Officer, I have written with all living CMOs to support the introduction of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. gov.uk/government/new…

10 years post Ebola in West Africa, there has been progress in the region including rise in national & regional public health agencies, and a stronger World Health Organization (WHO). We reflect on this in The Lancet article with Africa CDC, WHO African Region & colleagues in countries. thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Job opportunity UK Health Security Agency -> looking for 2 epidemiologists in the Immunisations Department (London) to take lead roles in maintaining and developing surveillance systems for vaccine preventable diseases. Salary; £55,799 - £65,089 Contact Julia Stowe Toffa for info! Job ad below 👇

The Blue Journal thanks Mirjam M. Kohl, MD, for her contribution to the April 15 issue @mirjam_kohl MedUni Wien High Rate of Passenger Lymphocyte Syndrome after ABO Minor Incompatible Lung Transplantation bit.ly/4aN3MEO

“Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns” theguardian.com/global-develop…

I owe it to my children and – if I have them – grandchildren and the next generations to do my best to build awareness and action on the antibiotic emergency. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Last week, stakeholders from across the world joined together to commit to solve the antibiotic emergency. I called on everyone to play their part to ensure that prevention, access, innovation, and awareness are the lived reality for everyone. #antibioticemergency