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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a huge undertaking and a great leap forward in reporting global AMR surveillance data. For the first time, country, and regional-level data are supported my Bayesian modelling that allow for better comparison of resistance rates between countries/ regions and trends over time @who.int

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · 1d

Coming Monday 13 October, WHO will launch the latest Global antibiotic resistance surveillance report. Don't miss it, register here! www.who.int/news-room/ev...

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Gwen Knight @gmknght.bsky.social · Jun 10

Very excited for this event on the 9th July!

It's part of our #AMR short course but open to everyone as it's online. Do join in and here what the amazing Prof Dame Sally Davies has to stay on the current status of global action on #AMR! @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

LSHTM AMR Centre @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎙️ Join Prof Dame Sally Davies, for an insightful seminar on global action against AMR.

In this seminar, she will share updates on the UN High-Level AMR agenda, the evidence panel & what’s next for global policy.

📅 9 July 2025
🕰️ 13:00 BST
📍 Online
🔗 bit.ly/4kVSVgP

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Quentin Leclerc @quentinlclrc.bsky.social · Jun 19

We're recruiting a postdoc in our lab @mesurs-cnam.bsky.social (Paris) to work on epidemic modelling over healthcare networks, as part of the EU project ARCANE ! 💻🦠
Start date between 09/25-01/26, 2y contract

Interested in AMR, healthcare-related research & mathematical modelling? Find out more! ⬇️

IDDjobs — Postdoctoral position in epidemic modelling over healthcare networks — Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers

Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.

iddjobs.org

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Jun 11

Great ID modelling opportunity to aim for real impact on mitigating and monitoring AMR in sub-Saharan Africa. You'll work closely with us @ox.ac.uk, and Oxford’s Modernising Medical Microbiology group, as well as collaborators at CRUN (Burkina Faso) and KWRTP-KEMRI (Kenya). tinyurl.com/mry25kxe

Epidemiologist

Epidemiologist for modelling AMR transmission in LMICMore than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute e...

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · May 4

Certainly! And sharing the knowledge here in England whenever I can now stroopwafels are almost as much an export product as Gouda cheese…

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 29

Not sure what happened but this link should work, thanks Quentin! www.who.int/publications...

Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (‎GLASS)‎ report: antibiotic use data for 2022

This Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report describes global progress in GLASS-AMU surveillance and antibiotic use in 2022, reported by 60 countries. It supplements...

www.who.int

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 29

The first preview was also presented at ESCMID global see tinyurl.com/4sh5v3hf. Combined these reports provide valuable new insights to enhance country-level use of GLASS data to help inform local, national, and regional AMR strategies World Health Organization #UNGA.

Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 29

The GLASS report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be published separately later this year. The 2025 GLASS AMR report will expand on previous editions by presenting regional- CTA-level AMR estimates and trends across 93 pathogen-antibiotic combinations from CTAs enrolled by the end of 2024.

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 29

The latest Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report on antimicrobial use is now out, reporting on 2022 national AMU surveillance data globally tinyurl.com/3muyp2pu @who.int .

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 15

Emphasising the relevance of such information is something I feel we should target, among others by working on direct ways (eg good dashboards) of feeding back national and local AMR/isolate data. Until then, we are limited to reporting AMR prevalence.

Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 15

On another note: WHO GLASS has moved to individual isolate reporting since 2023. This is great and will provide a first possibility to move beyond reporting prevalences only. But countries to date struggle even to report much needed denominators for incidence.

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 15

In addition, national surveillance guidance is underway, aiming to inform national action, not global estimates as a stand alone. Discussion are ongoing. For an early version of the survey guidance, see here www.who.int/publications.... Of note: both ACORN I and II and these surveys are intensive.

GLASS method for estimating attributable mortality of antimicrobial resistant bloodstream infections

Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS)

www.who.int

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Apr 15

Good news is that WHO and ACORN collaborators have been working on this in tandem, I.e currently piloted WHO surveys on estimating burden, incl. all indicators presented by ACORN are developed in close consultation with/borrowing from similar protocols for places where MML access is challenging

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Mar 28

Now under review. With @chpoletto.bsky.social @vcolizza.bsky.social @mugkraemer.bsky.social @eonore.bsky.social @sdellicour.bsky.social @mariusgilbert.bsky.social @francescodilauro.bsky.social and others #Episky #IDsky 5/5

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Mar 28

Our findings can inform the design of pandemic intelligence systems now emerging across Europe and globally, and support efforts like the Lancet Commission on Strengthening the Use of Epidemiological Modelling—to guide future policy, methods, and communication. 4/5

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Mar 28

We argue that future preparedness should focus on collaborative platforms and cross-border modelling networks - supporting standardisation, open data/code, and strong links between academia, public health, and data providers. 3/5

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Mar 28

- Need for better data stratification, standardisation, and code sharing practices

- Collaboration between scientists and decision-makers became more formal over time, evolving from informal network. How can we build on these established structures? 2/5

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Mar 28

Here are some of the key challenges identified:

- Need for sustainable data collection systems beyond case counts and include risk monitoring and ready-to-deploy protocols

- Importance of non-public data providers (e.g. private tech companies) and the need to rethink long-term access frameworks

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Mar 28

How should we redesign data and modelling ecosystems for future crises?

NEW PREPRINT: Drawing on survey insights from modelling teams across Europe, we explored how modelling practices, data-sharing, science-policy links, and evidence use evolved during the pandemic: tinyurl.com/4mptshh7 1/5

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · Feb 2

📣 UPDATE: OK, still working with some others to figure out the best way to present it all, but in the meantime here's the first batch of links to the most-recent archived versions of every page at the CDC prior to the Trump/Musk Purge:

acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...

In which I provide links to archived versions of every CDC.gov page available pre-purge (Part 1 of 15)

As horrific as it is that the Trump/Musk Administration is purging data from federal websites, it's good to know that the Internet Archive has been archiving much of it. However, in addition to the Ar...

acasignups.net

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Feb 25

More to come at @escmid.bsky.social in the eposter flash session "A global perspective on antimicrobial resistance surveillance" 13 April 16.15-17.15. Hope to see you all there!

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Feb 25

In the session "Translating AMR Clinical Needs from Local to Global" she covered:
* Regional disparities BSI aetiologies
* Resistance patterns by region and country, using Bayesian hierarchical models
* Challenges in GLASS data interpretation & WHO’s strategy to boost global surveillance

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Feb 25

At the 9th AMR Conference in Basel today, Olga Tosas Auguet from @who.int shared key updates on global AMR trends from the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS).

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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · Feb 18

Rather than resistricting risk monitoring to reactive outbreak response, we highlight effective applications that enhance early detection and prevention of outbreaks. This aligns with #CollaborativeSurveillance @who.int and its advocacy for integrated/ cross-sectoral approaches to ID surveillance.

brecht ingelbeen @ingelbeen.bsky.social · Feb 18

NEW PAPER: When and how to embed risk data in infectious disease surveillance?

Problem: Traditional infectious disease surveillance consisting of facility-based reporting of cases, often delays outbreak response due to disease progression, healthcare seeking, diagnostic and reporting lags. 1/5

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