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#InfectiousDzz epidemiology #AMR #Disease modelling #ClimateChange
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Hospitals ‘overflowing’ amid double outbreak of mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh

Doris Nyamwaya tells the Telegraph urbanisation, #ClimateChange & travel are driving expansion of #mosquitoes in new regions amid surge of #dengue & #chikungunya cases.

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September 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.

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A line graph of estimated AIDS-related deaths from 2025 through 2040 in 55 PEPFAR-supported countries. The Y axis is estimated number of deaths and ranges from 200,000 to 2 million. The X axis is years and ranges from 2010 to 2040. There is a black line labeled “historical trend” from 2010 to 2025 showing a decrease in deaths from 1.2 million to ~420,000. Then in 2025 the black line splits into three scenarios: 1) a dashed green line showing deaths if USAID were to increase, 2) a dashed blue line showing deaths if USAID remained at 2024 levels, and 3) a dashed red line showing deaths if USAID stopped and was not replaced. In scenario 1 (funding increased) deaths continue to decrease from ~420,000 to 200,000. In scenario 2 (funding stays the same) deaths stay the same at 420,000. In scenario 3 (funding cut and not replaced) deaths increase from ~420,000 to 1.7 million.
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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US-funded organisations are under pressure from executive orders and being forced to choose: stand by #equality and #DEIA or safeguard their funding.

Read our latest Report to see the full findings: bit.ly/41su24n

#RollbackandResistance #Inclusion
Bar chart titled "Reduction in Public Commitments to Gender Equality." The chart shows data from 72 US-based organisations between September 2024 and February 2025. Initially, 60 organisations had a public commitment to gender equality on their websites. By February 2025, 12 organisations had removed these commitments, including 3 federal agencies, 3 for-profits with active federal contracts, and 6 non-profits with active federal grants. The hashtag #RollbackAndResistance and the Global Health 50/50 logo are displayed at the bottom.
March 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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A thread🧵 on application systems for postdoc jobs in the UK (applies to my university, but I've seen others and they're similar).

I have seen (too many times) good applicants who don't seem to understand how recruitment is done on our side - not their fault! it's a privilege! - so here's how
December 5, 2024 at 11:01 AM
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
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Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM