Spread the word that hepatitis can’t wait! There are many events online and in-person you can support as we approach #WorldHepatitisDay. Check out Australia's World Hepatitis Day events calendar: worldhepatitisday.org.au/events #HepCantWaitAu #WorldHepatitisDay

Jackie is an absolute star Kirby Institute, UNSW

An amazing piece of work by @KhawarLaila - an incredibly valuable resource for #elimination and #eradication of infectious diseases. Definitions matter! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Kirby staff attended the National #MulticulturalHealth & Wellbeing Conference 2023 by FECCA & Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative. Great opportunity to address challenges, review best practices, improve access to health & wellbeing services for 🇦🇺 #CALD communities.

To meet 2030 infectious disease elimination targets such as #HIV & #NTDs, it is important that initiatives are clearly communicated using standardised terminology. New Kirby-led research published in The Bulletin of the World Health Organization seeks to clarify definitions & terminology. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

💬 “We need to find new ways to engage young men, because what’s been done isn’t working” – Kirby Institute's Rob Monaghan is leading a project called 'Sexual Health Enhanced Walkabout'. 📰 Read more: kirby.unsw.edu.au/news/improving…

Disease elimination and eradication explainer, including a great video by the wonderful @KhawarLaila: 360info.org/how-do-you-eli… 360info.global Suzannah Lyons Kirby Institute, UNSW

Really looking forward to this ASHM - submit your abstract for the #HIVAIDS2024 conference

🌈 From all of us at the Kirby Institute, we wish our LGBTQIA+ family a Happy Mardi Gras! We’re proud to work in partnership with many individuals and organisations, who help us in our mission to find effective, community-centred health solutions for infectious diseases. ‍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🔬 Watch Kirby’s Dr @KhawarLaila in this excellent explainer vid from 360info.global differentiate between control, elimination and eradication for infectious disease 🧪 📰 Read more: 360info.org/video-infectio… youtu.be/yaoA1pL7f7E?si…

We're pleased to have Teymur Noori, HIV Expert at ECDC, speaking at #HIVAIDS2024. Teymur Noori will bring their expertise on what needs to be done to ensure migrant populations are not left behind in the global HIV response. More: buff.ly/3GNiLlc

Abstract submission deadline extended for Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024 📅 You now have until 28 April to submit your abstract for #HIVAIDS2024, happening 16 – 18 September 2024 at ICC Sydney, Gadigal Country, Australia. Submit your abstract now: buff.ly/3T32lMt

Abstract submissions close this Sunday for the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024! Submit your abstract: hivaidsconference.com.au/abstract-submi… #HIVAIDS2024

Another Keynote Speaker not to miss at #HIVAIDS2024

🧵 The Blood borne viral and sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Annual surveillance report 2023 has been released. This report provides data on HIV, hepatitis and STI diagnoses among these communities 1/7 kirby.unsw.edu.au/research/repor…

1/2 Recognise the achievements and uplift an emerging leader working in the #BBV, #STI, or sexual and reproductive health sector with the 2024 Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award. Nominate an early-to-mid career professional now: buff.ly/3X5vusR

Can you #3Dprint me a model of a virus? With a detachable antibody, for #immunology and #epidemiology #STEMM champions school demonstrations? Can do!

Speaker announcement for #HIVAIDS2024 📣 We're pleased to welcome Monica Gandhi MD, MPH as a Keynote Speaker to the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference! Monica Gandhi MD, MPH brings her world-recognised expertise on #HIV treatment & prevention. Register: buff.ly/3GNiLlc

Cases of infectious syphilis have risen sharply in the last decade, including in women in their reproductive years. That can lead to stillbirth, miscarriage or disability. 📝 researchers from UNSW theconversation.com/babies-infecte…

1/2 Babies infected with syphilis are part of a growing tragedy in Australia, one that could be easily prevented, according to Kirby Institute, UNSW Dr Dr Skye McGregor and Robert Monaghan, and UNSW Dr Belinda Hengel . unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…