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Cornelius Rau
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Pediatrician/Epidemiologist/Social Anthropologist. Leading the Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance and Immunization Coverage Monitoring at Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany. Views are my own.
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Cornelius Rau @corneliusrau.bsky.social · Jul 11
🚨 Global immunization is under threat.

Here's why we should invest in disease surveillance and immunization monitoring so that cutbacks to immunization programmes don't go unnoticed. 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@who.int @unicef.org @rki.de @merusheel.bsky.social #IA2030 #Vaccineswork
Global immunisation monitoring in times of drastic cutbacks
Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing at a time when funding for immunisation programmes is being cut.1 The full impact of the cutbacks might remain hidden, as long-established surv...
www.thelancet.com
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Cornelius Rau @corneliusrau.bsky.social · 26d
✨ Wow! What a fantastic public health success story: 🇩🇪 Germany has seen a 55% drop in infants hospitalized with RSV since the rollout of the new RSV immunization. 👶 💉

Read our full analysis in the journal of the German Medical Association. 👉 doi.org/10.3238/arzt...

@rki.de @bmg-bund.bsky.social
Drop of RSV hospitalizations in infants in Germany
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Robert Koch-Institut @rki.de · Aug 21
Together with colleagues, we report 2 #diphtheria sub-clusters with autochthonous cases in 🇩🇪 and 🇵🇱 within a Corynebacterium diphtheriae ST-574 outbreak (2022-2025).
Strengthening immunisation, improving wound care, enhancing international surveillance are key to protecting vulnerable populations. ⬇️
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Eurosurveillance journal @eurosurveillance.org · Aug 21
📢 New issue is out! This week's focus:

➡️ #Diphtheria sub-clusters in DE & PL with mostly local transmission, severe outcomes & links to homelessness.

➡️ A cross-border #TB outbreak in Vienna tied to a wider multi-country cluster, possibly linked to migratory routes.

& much more!
bit.ly/4oLHNWD
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Cornelius Rau @corneliusrau.bsky.social · Jul 11
🚨 Global immunization is under threat.

Here's why we should invest in disease surveillance and immunization monitoring so that cutbacks to immunization programmes don't go unnoticed. 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@who.int @unicef.org @rki.de @merusheel.bsky.social #IA2030 #Vaccineswork
Global immunisation monitoring in times of drastic cutbacks
Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing at a time when funding for immunisation programmes is being cut.1 The full impact of the cutbacks might remain hidden, as long-established surv...
www.thelancet.com
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Reposted by Cornelius Rau
eurosurveillance.org
Eurosurveillance journal @eurosurveillance.org · Jul 11
'The more people are vaccinated against diphtheria the easier it is to stop outbreaks and to prevent future ones.'

Report on the first #outbreak of respiratory #diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae with local transmission in Germany in 40 years

#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PublicHealth 🦠🧪
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