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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 26d

Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can

#Gaza #MSF #Humanitarian #Genocide

MSF Ireland | Doctors Without Borders @msfireland.bsky.social · 27d

📢 STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA

Israeli forces have purposefully and systematically destroyed the conditions necessary for life in Gaza. Nowhere is safe.

World leaders must act to end their complicity in this genocide.

Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can.

Read more: bit.ly/42fRgvR

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Sep 10

🌍 Is there a #MSF lab near you?

🌞 MSF builds labs where diagnostics are scarce
🦠 Because the right test = the right treatment
🔬 Our #Gaza lab was one of them — healthcare facilities must be respected

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#AMR #GlobalHealth #Diagnostics #MSF #MicroSky

MSF run, supported and validated laboratories, current and planned

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Sep 8

#Ebola is back in #DRC

MSF is already responding

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrO...

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #outbreaks

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Curious about @msf.ca labs?

All about our pragmatic model for Diagnostics & Surveillance to address #AMR in our latest publication

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social @msfluxor.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #HumanitarianAid #EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky

Advancing clinical bacteriology in humanitarian settings: The collaborative role of Médecins Sans Frontières

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat, particularly in resource-limited and conflict-affected settings. Access to Diagnosti…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Ibuprofen and acetaminophen significantly increased mutation frequency and conferred high-level ciprofloxacin resistance
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#AMR #Medsky #Episky #IDsky #Microsky

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Aug 27

💊 Non-antibiotic drugs & resistance

A new study shows common medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen can boost E. coli resistance to antibiotics, raising concerns for aged care settings.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#SciComm 🧪 #AMR

The effect of commonly used non-antibiotic medications on antimicrobial resistance development in Escherichia coli - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The effect of commonly used non-antibiotic medications on antimicrobial resistance development in Escherichia coli

www.nature.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Aug 26

Collapsed infrastructure, overcrowded hospitals, poor hygiene, and malnutrition have fueled #antimicrobialresistance and mortality in #Gaza

#Conflict is not just a battleground—but a global health threat

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#MedSky #Episkly #MicroSky #AMR

Multidrug-resistant bacteria amid health-system collapse in Gaza

Gaza's health-care system has faced widespread destruction during the ongoing Israeli military invasion that began in October, 2023, leading to a proliferation of disease outbreaks.1,2 During this tim...

www.thelancet.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Aug 19

🧐 @msf.ca last publication on @nature.com

In Niger, 76% of malnourished kids carried #AMR 𝘌 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪, 25% with blaNDM-5 at admission.

By discharge, 69% 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 it

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#IPC is essential in all hospitals

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#medsky #LMIC #humanitarian

Acquisition of Escherichia coli carrying extended-spectrum ß-lactamase and carbapenemase genes by hospitalised children with severe acute malnutrition in Niger - Nature Communications

Hospital treatment for children with severe malnutrition may facilitate antibiotic resistance. Here, using rectal swabs from 1,371 children receiving treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Niger, ...

www.nature.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Aug 7

𝗠𝗦𝗙 is looking for a medical doctor to lead the #AMR program in #India

This includes strategic, clinical and research activities.

Check it out!

msfindia.zohorecruit.in/jobs/Careers...
@msf.ca #MedSky #IDSky

MSF - AMR Clinical Lead in Bangalore / Delhi

MSF 1. JOB PURPOSE Provide clinical leadership to the AMR program to achieve the program objectives from Delhi / Bangalore Lead and manage clinical HI

msfindia.zohorecruit.in

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Aug 4

Overwhelming evidence of the catastrophic public health crisis in #Gaza

This #Genocide should not continue

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#medsky #episky #conflict #war
@msf.ca

Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza

Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

www.thelancet.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Aug 1

The true nature of the civilian suffering in #Gaza : 70% of war injuries were from explosive weapons.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan....
#Medski #Episky #conflict #amr @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social @msf.ca

War wounds caused by explosive weapons in Gaza: data from a 2024 study by Médecins Sans Frontières

As of July 23, 2025, Israel's military assault on Gaza has killed over 59 219 Palestinians, wounded an additional 143 045, and displaced nearly all of the 2·1 million people who live there.1 Triangula...

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Jul 25

#Neutrality doesn’t mean political silence

Humanitarian action must be rooted in political and historical awareness, not only technical aid

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

@newhumanitarian.bsky.social @msf.ca
#episky #medsky #aidsky #socialjustice #HumanitarianAid

What the spread of the “great replacement” conspiracy theory means for humanitarian aid

As racialised narratives increasingly determine how and where NGOs can operate, humanitarians must embrace a more politically informed approach to their work.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · Jul 17

Please don't let this be true: the UK government couldn't possibly consider cutting funding for one of the major organisations working in the field of treatment resistant bacteria...could they? Surely they wouldn't do something that short sighted...would they?

bsac.org.uk/closure-of-t...

Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

bsac.org.uk

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Wanna lead research on infectious diseases at @msf.ca ?

Appy and join us!

msf.lu/en/oradvisor...

#medsky #idsky #microsky #episky #humanitarian

Operational Research Advisor (f,m,x) — Association d'aide médicale humanitaire — Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg

A one-year contract with the possibility of extension. Based in Luxembourg

msf.lu

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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...

tinyurl.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Jun 10

The ECDC is giving free training on this package: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/index....

ECDC Learning Portal

learning.ecdc.europa.eu

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Jun 10

The ECDC is giving free training on this: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/index....

ECDC Learning Portal

learning.ecdc.europa.eu

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Jun 6

The new version of R for AMR is ready!

🧫 Automated antibiograms

💻 Integration to WHONET

🧪 Updated CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints

💡 Free

amr-for-r.org

#biostatistics #episky #Statistics #AMR

Antimicrobial Resistance Data Analysis

Functions to simplify and standardise antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data analysis and to work with microbial and antimicrobial properties by using evidence-based methods, as described in <doi:10.1863...

amr-for-r.org

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · May 23

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If you are a 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 who wants to help others while traveling,𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 needs you!

www.orthosurgeon.msf.org/en/job/micro...
#hiring @msf.ca #microsky #sciencesky #AMR

Microbiology Mobile Implementation Officer

Microbiology Mobile Implementation Officer, Medical, NGO, Humanitarian Job, MSF Belgium, Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium

www.orthosurgeon.msf.org

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · May 13

A powerful image to 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 civilians affected by #conflict and the healthcare workers trying to 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 them

#War must end. But while it continues, civilians and medical staff must be 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱

#Congo #Gaza #Syria #Sudan #Ukraine #Yemen
💡 english.radio.cz/we-need-be-o...
@msf.ca #humanitarian

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · May 12

Happy #InternationalNursesDay!!
🎉

And thank you for your essential contribution to the health of the patients!

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WHO @who.int · May 11

On #InternationalNursesDay, we honour the 30 million nurses who are the heart of health systems worldwide.

WHO urges accelerated investments to avoid a projected 4 million #nurse shortage by 2030.

Because when nurses are supported, everyone thrives 🔗 bit.ly/42SkqBL

A group of diverse nurses from around the world, including women and men, are smiling and working in different health care settings. The background features a light green globe design. Text reads: “30 million nurses are the heart of health systems worldwide.

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · May 5

Less than 7% of people with severe infections in resource-limited settings get the antibiotics they need—leading to preventable deaths.

Improving equitable access to effective antibiotics must be a global priority.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#equity #AMR #AMS #medsky #microsky #idsky

Estimated undertreatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in eight low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

Infections caused by CRGN bacteria are likely to be significantly undertreated in LMICs. To close this treatment gap, improved access to diagnostics and antibiotics, strengthening of health systems, a...

www.thelancet.com

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Apr 16

At the #ESCMIDGlobal in Vienna, @msf.ca presented key research on #AMR:

🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC
📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria
🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan
💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza
📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique

Thank you!

#medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Apr 13

@msf.ca is at #ESCMIDGlobal talking about #AMR!

Pass by our booth to know more about our work!

#Viena @escmid.bsky.social

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Apr 4

@msf.ca continue to fight #cholera in #Yemen

In 2024, the country faced over 250,000 suspected cholera cases and 861 associated deaths. The threat continues in 2025.

This preventable disease should not cost lives!

#HumanitarianCrisis #PublicHealth #mesky #microsky #episky #vaccination #wash

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · Mar 19

In Maiduguri, #Nigeria, #AMR sepsis is killing children with #malnutrition

@msf.ca is fighting back with IPC, AMS & D&S - but this crisis won't end without food security and holistic health programs

#medsky #microsky

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