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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB
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At @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social I am integrating medicine & conservation in Papua New Guinea + improving scabies control in Britain & Ethiopia. Chair @wildhealthcic.bsky.social Views own. #PublicHealth #MedicalParasitology https://linktr.ee/DrJMiddleton
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Sep 9
New @sussex.ac.uk film on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social).

Buy meds for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang

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Jo Middleton: Action on Health and Rainforest Conservation
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WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · 1d
New @sussex.ac.uk film on allying with indigenous peoples to provide medical services & protect rainforest. Features our chair @drjmiddleton.bsky.social & photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social. #PlanetaryHealth

Buy medicines for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang

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Jo Middleton: Action on Health and Rainforest Conservation
YouTube video by University of Sussex
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Sep 9
New @sussex.ac.uk film on my @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @drjastockdale.bsky.social).

Buy meds for the conservation clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang

youtu.be/qWlO9lR0oHo
Jo Middleton: Action on Health and Rainforest Conservation
YouTube video by University of Sussex
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Sep 1
Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Man swims in cold water. Credit: Oleg Dubyna from Poltava, Ukraine. From Wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_swims_in_cold_water_(34807325734).jpg
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Sep 1
Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Man swims in cold water. Credit: Oleg Dubyna from Poltava, Ukraine. From Wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_swims_in_cold_water_(34807325734).jpg
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WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · Jul 17
Last day today of the Lewes exhibition showing of SURFACES. Learn how opening a clinic for forest peoples improved community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story @drjmiddleton.bsky.social.
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WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · Mar 13
Article by our Chair + friends @uniofbrighton.bsky.social evaluating tick hazard across #SouthDownsNationalPark, with action suggestions for land managers: wildhealth.org.uk/britains-nat...

Funders: British Deer Society @britishecologicalsociety.org @royalsocbio.bsky.social

#LymeDisease #Ticks
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Survival International @survivalinternational.org · Jul 11
⚠️ A health crisis is overwhelming the Yanomami people in Venezuela ⚠️
“We have a very, very serious pandemic that is attacking children. Diarrhoea, parasites, high fever. Children are bleeding from their noses.” - a Yanomami health agent from Mavaca.
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Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) @sussexsrp.bsky.social · Jun 30
How has setting up a health clinic in Papua New Guinea protected 150 km² of rainforest from being destroyed by logging companies? 🏥 🌲

Find out in 'SURFACES', a multimedia exhibition which is part of the Climate Action! Festival at the Lewes Depot, from July 5: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...
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WildHealth CIC @wildhealthcic.bsky.social · Jun 28
#WildernessFirstAid training to empower indigenous #biodiversity scientists to manage fieldwork injuries in New Guinea's threatened #rainforest.

Explore project videos & articles: wildhealth.org.uk/papua-new-gu...

Donate meds for Wanang #Conservation Area's clinic: wildhealth.org.uk/wanang
Three indigenous biodiversity scientists on training on how to manage fieldwork injuries (pictured splinting fractures) in Papua New Guinea's threatened rainforest.
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Jun 17
Exhibition tour begins on how we (@sussexsrp.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social + friends) opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story by me.
Exhibition poster: SURFACES: Integrating medicine, conservation, and climate action in Papua New Guinea’s threatened rainforests — a joint exhibition with photographs Dr Jessica Stockdale and story by Dr Jo Middleton. 5 – 17 July 2025, Depot, Lewes, East Sussex. The verdant tropical rainforest of New Guinea is the third largest remaining on the planet. It is home to myriad unique species, and diverse human cultures speaking 800+ languages. However, these forests are being stripped away by multinational logging companies, and their populations face significant daily health challenges. SURFACES is a free exhibition using photography, narrative, and video to tell the story of successful action in response to these crises. As part of an indigenous-led conservation alliance researchers have established medical services for forest peoples, funded by the UK Darwin Initiative and Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. This has improved community health, and enabled protection of 150 km² of biodiverse rainforest, storing 1.5 million tonnes of carbon. This showing of SURFACES is being hosted by Depot, a charity-run cinema, restaurant, and bar in Lewes (East Sussex, UK), as part of its annual Climate Action Festival. If your not from the area, why not make a day of it and see the many historic sights of Lewes, recently ranked by The Telegraph as Britain’s prettiest town. Depot is next to Lewes train station (1 hr 2 mins direct train from London Victoria, travel directions). Everyone is welcome, and please spread the word! Exhibition details: https://wildhealth.org.uk/f/lewes-exhibition-about-conservation-health-in-papua-new-guinea#2ff73be2-315e-43f1-81c9-2bfea5f3652b
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Jun 17
Exhibition tour begins on how we (@sussexsrp.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social + friends) opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon). Photos @drjastockdale.bsky.social, story by me.
Exhibition poster: SURFACES: Integrating medicine, conservation, and climate action in Papua New Guinea’s threatened rainforests — a joint exhibition with photographs Dr Jessica Stockdale and story by Dr Jo Middleton. 5 – 17 July 2025, Depot, Lewes, East Sussex. The verdant tropical rainforest of New Guinea is the third largest remaining on the planet. It is home to myriad unique species, and diverse human cultures speaking 800+ languages. However, these forests are being stripped away by multinational logging companies, and their populations face significant daily health challenges. SURFACES is a free exhibition using photography, narrative, and video to tell the story of successful action in response to these crises. As part of an indigenous-led conservation alliance researchers have established medical services for forest peoples, funded by the UK Darwin Initiative and Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. This has improved community health, and enabled protection of 150 km² of biodiverse rainforest, storing 1.5 million tonnes of carbon. This showing of SURFACES is being hosted by Depot, a charity-run cinema, restaurant, and bar in Lewes (East Sussex, UK), as part of its annual Climate Action Festival. If your not from the area, why not make a day of it and see the many historic sights of Lewes, recently ranked by The Telegraph as Britain’s prettiest town. Depot is next to Lewes train station (1 hr 2 mins direct train from London Victoria, travel directions). Everyone is welcome, and please spread the word! Exhibition details: https://wildhealth.org.uk/f/lewes-exhibition-about-conservation-health-in-papua-new-guinea#2ff73be2-315e-43f1-81c9-2bfea5f3652b
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Jun 12
We published this paper 1yr ago today on #Tick hazard in the #SouthDownsNationalPark + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/17483.

Funding & support: @rsb.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org + others
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · Jun 12
We published this paper 1yr ago today on #Tick hazard in the #SouthDownsNationalPark + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/17483.

Funding & support: @rsb.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org + others
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Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MRSB @drjmiddleton.bsky.social · May 1
Interview with myself by @sussexsrp.bsky.social about our @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social & @sussex.ac.uk #PlanetaryHealth project in #PapuaNewGuinea. Outlines how and why we are providing medical services to forest peoples to support their expansion of conservation areas. #ConservationBiology #OneHealth
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Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) @sussexsrp.bsky.social · Mar 21
Did you know that Papua New Guinea is home to the THIRD largest rainforest on Earth? 🌲

For #ForestDay, our researcher Jo Middleton of @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social tells us about their vital work combining forest protection and medical provision in the region.

Read: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...
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