Africa CDC PGI, hands-on training on bacterial ID in bloodstream infections has commenced– a crucial step for sequencing and tackling AMR. Day one focused on pathogen biology, blood culture techniques, media use & BACTEC demo. #CorrectIdentification #BloodstreamInfections

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Join experts from across Africa to discuss how human genomics can transform precision #PublicHealth on the continent. This webinar will help set the stage for a continental agenda focused on equity, innovation, and African leadership in genomic medicine. → Date: 26 June 2025

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🚨 Future health leaders of Africa, this is for you! Apply for the fully funded African STARS MBA Fellowship in Health Care Leadership at Stellenbosch University Business School. Under 35? In health? Leading teams? 👉 Apply by 31 July: starsfellows.africa/african-stars-… #STARSFellows

The mpox response: African leadership, global responsibility - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Huge congrats to Malawi for launching the Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Strategy! Supported by Africa CDC, WHOMalawi, and ASLM. I reaffirmed Dr Jean Kaseya's commitment to standing with Malawi for successful implementation of this groundbreaking initiative!

.World Health Organization (WHO) is starting to see full occupancy - which means full of sick children - in our severe acute malnutrition stabilisation centres in #Gaza. The centres are almost out of supplies, and now more people are dying, including children. This is preventable. Don’t look away!

EU HERA has launched #PAMTA (Partnership to Accelerate #Mpox & Other Outbreaks Testing in Africa): 🔹€9.4M for Africa CDC & ASLM 🔹150,000 tests and 5,000 genomes 🔹First-ever direct #EU – Africa CDC agreement Together we protect lives today & tomorrow. #Healthsecurity

At the EPHI Annual Research Review, our Interim Council member Atsbeha Gebreegziabxier introduced the ABI, sharing its mission and activities. 👏 We’re proud to see ABI starting to gain recognition across Africa as we work to connect bioinformatics efforts continent-wide.

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“The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”

Hello there, good morning world. We, ASLM Africa CDC HaDEA are coming to you live from Nairobi Kenya. Today, we're taking stock of the "Integrated Genomic Surveillance Annual Meeting". Keep it here. It's loading nicely.

If you travel with Official Kenya Airways , expect #cancellations, #ghostcancellations #delayness amd #missingluggage with high certainty. Don’t try Official Kenya Airways for your critical travels and they will mess you up 🫥

As we approach the end of 2025, our year-end review provided an important opportunity to reflect on our progress and sharpen our focus for the year ahead. On this occasion, I was pleased to recognise two colleagues, selected by their peers, for their leadership and impact: Dr

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BREAKING🚨: A team of Korean scientists reversed colon cancer

Your phone isn’t personal. It’s a data sensor with a camera. In 2026, privacy isn’t a feature. It’s a fight. If you haven’t audited your device, you’re not the user. You’re the product. Here’s the 18-step Ghost Protocol to take your phone back.

Since 2015, the #FlemingFund has supported LMICs across Africa & Asia by combining country-level support with multi‑country technical assistance to build sustainable #AMR surveillance systems. 🔖 A new report shares key lessons & how to sustain progress. flemingfund.org/publications/m…

Climate change propels antibiotic resistance from soils into hospitals dlvr.it/TRfvc9 #MicroSky