Stephanie van Wyk
LightNews LightNews
banner
genejockey13.bsky.social
Stephanie van Wyk
@genejockey13.bsky.social
99 followers 160 following 47 posts
Scientists 🧡
My views are my own 🧡
Proud South African 🧡
PhD = Pretty Huge Dreams 🧡
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
Are you researching #malaria? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin...
#DataReuse #DataForGood
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
madhupai.bsky.social
Congratulations South Africa 🇿🇦🎉🎉
June 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
boghuma.bsky.social
Credit: @eric2687 on IG
I co-sign
June 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
Find out more about the expansion of our work monitoring #AntimalarialResistance. Learn more about where the work will focus, the impact and the global experts leading the research: www.iddo.org/news/new-wwa...

@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @iddonews.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
Are you researching #malaria? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin...
#DataReuse #DataForGood
June 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
🚨Calling #malaria researchers, healthcare workers, policymakers & advocates!
Shape the future of severe malaria research: do the COSSMaT Delphi Survey to define essential outcomes clinical trials should include
🗓️ By Jun 30
@ucl.ac.uk‬ @mrcctu.bsky.social‬
👉 redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=C...
COSSMaT Study Delphi Survey
The module mentioned in the error below is preventing REDCap from working properly. It is recommended to disable this module until it can be updated to avoid this error:
redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
Congratulations to you all🤩
jenner-institute.bsky.social The Jenner Institute @jenner-institute.bsky.social · Jun 9
Incredibly proud to announce that R21/Matrix-M vaccine has received The Galien Foundation Prize for Best Public Sector Innovation. Its development and implementation is the result of a tremendous collaborative effort, and as of April 2025 R21/MM has been distributed in 12 malaria-endemic countries.
June 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
genejockey13.bsky.social
Proud moment! 🌍 The University of Cape Town, through MARC SE-Africa, has led East Africa’s first regional action plan to tackle drug-resistant malaria — now officially endorsed by EAC Health Ministers. A powerful step toward safeguarding life-saving treatments.
📰 www.capeargus.co.za/weekend-argu...
University of Cape Town leads regional action plan against drug-resistant malaria in East Africa
University of Cape Town spearheads a groundbreaking regional action plan to combat drug-resistant malaria in East Africa, endorsed by health ministers, marking a significant advancement in preserving ...
www.capeargus.co.za
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
boghuma.bsky.social
Since the CDC guidelines for COVID vaccines are now just misinformation here is what the NHS (UK) says about COVID in pregnancy and the recommendation for vaccination.
www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/ke...
May 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
genejockey13.bsky.social
it-online.co.za/2025/05/27/d...

Malaria in the news: collaborative action drives adoption of regional plan to combat malaria in East Africa

#UniversityofcapeTown
#MARCSEAFRICA
#Malaria
#drugresistance
#News
#publichealth
Drug-resistant malaria in East Africa comes under attack - IT-Online
A research consortium led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has played a pivotal role in developing the first regional action plan to combat drug-resistant malaria in East Africa. Endorsed by healt...
it-online.co.za
May 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
genejockey13.bsky.social
A major win for public health!
MARC SE-Africa has led the first regional plan to tackle malaria drug resistance in East Africa — now endorsed by EAC health ministers.
Collaboration, science, and policy in action.
Read more: www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-202...
#malaria #drugresistance #UCT #MARCSEA
MARC SE-Africa drives adoption of plan to tackle malaria drug resistance in East Africa
The 25th Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health formally endorsed the Regional Detailed Action Plan for Responding to Antimalarial Drug Resistance in East Africa.
www.news.uct.ac.za
May 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
Are you a policymaker, healthcare official, laboratory official or a researcher working on combatting #AntimalarialResistance?
The #MARCSEAfrica consortium has created an easy-to-explore toolkit with many valuable tools and resources on this topic➡️https://www.marcse-africa.org/toolkit
Toolkit — MARC SE-Africa
Use this space to add a brief description of your project.
www.marcse-africa.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
linq-management.bsky.social
🚨 On 9 May, EAC health ministers endorsed an action plan to combat #AntimalarialResistance, strengthening cross-border collaboration.

🫱🏿‍🫲🏽The plan is the result of collaboration between our #MARCSEAfrica project & EAC Roll Back Malaria Secretariat.

➡️ tinyurl.com/3vahac5n

#EDCTP3
East African Community ministers of health endorse new regional action plan to tackle drug-resistant malaria — MARC SE-Africa
On 9 May 2025, during the 25th Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health, the region’s ministries of health officially endorsed the Regional Detaile...
tinyurl.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
A new study has confirmed the safety and efficacy of single low-dose primaquine in reducing malaria transmission in young children. This approach, already used in older children and adults, could support global #malaria elimination efforts.
www.iddo.org/news/new-stu...
May 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
genejockey13.bsky.social
📢 Preprint Alert
Slowing the spread of treatment failure to artemisinin-based combination therapies in Uganda
This modelling study evaluates 58 ACT deployment strategies to contain pfkelch13 resistance and Multiple Firstline Treatment
#malaria
#drugresistance
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Slowing the spread of treatment failure to artemisinin-based combination therapies in Uganda
PDF | Background: The multiple emergences and continuing spread of partially artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Africa, where about 95% of... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
May 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
biggienotsmalls.bsky.social
Speak Truth.....
May 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
genejockey13.bsky.social
health.uct.ac.za/ccoat/malari...

A collaborative network for researchers, program staff, and public health practitioners dedicated to enhancing the quantity, quality, and visibility of malaria-related literature and scientific communication

#malaria
#writingcommunity
#MalariaAuthorsCollective
health.uct.ac.za
April 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
who.int
Uganda has declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed.

Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.
Health workers responding to Ebola Outbreak in Uganda.
April 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
iddonews.bsky.social
📢 📢 Digital health tools created by our collaborators MARC SE and designed to help combat malaria drug resistance are featured in the latest Editor’s picks in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Africa
👉 www.nature.com/artic...
The cost of moving in a crowd, prehistoric tool making, hyenas return to Egypt, and the link between HIV and dementia
Nature Africa - The latest scientific studies from and on Africa, in brief
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
wwarnnews.bsky.social
📢 Attention Researchers - need to make map showing data over time and location? But fed up having to standardise basic data? IDDO/WWARN Statistician Rhys Peploe has created a tool that could help you!
Introducing IDDO’s mapping tool worlddatr youtu.be/hRnpNTKzwwY...
#BeatNTDs #visualisations
April 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
genejockey13.bsky.social
🦟 Malaria in the News | Week of 15 April 2025
As we prepare for World Malaria Day (25 April), here are the top updates from the field:

1️⃣ WHO: Malaria Ends With Us
A global call to action for renewed energy across all levels: policy, health systems, and communities!
🔗 www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
World Malaria Day 2025
On 25 April, World Malaria Day 2025 will be marked under the theme Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite
www.who.int
April 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
genejockey13.bsky.social
health.uct.ac.za/ccoat/malari...

A collaborative network for researchers, program staff, and public health practitioners dedicated to enhancing the quantity, quality, and visibility of malaria-related literature and scientific communication

#malaria
#writingcommunity
#MalariaAuthorsCollective
health.uct.ac.za
April 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
biggienotsmalls.bsky.social
Smote it be.......
April 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
who.int
After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics.

The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption.

bit.ly/3EaZQmL
Participants in the discussions are holding up their country names.
April 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Reposted by Stephanie van Wyk
mluckovich.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM