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Infectious disease epidemiologists working on AMR, modelling and ID surveillance @WHO and UoOxford. Alone we move fast, together we move mountains
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At the 9th AMR Conference in Basel today, Olga Tosas Auguet from @who.int shared key updates on global AMR trends from the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS).

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Rather than resistricting risk monitoring to reactive outbreak response, we highlight effective applications that enhance early detection and prevention of outbreaks. This aligns with #CollaborativeSurveillance @who.int and its advocacy for integrated/ cross-sectoral approaches to ID surveillance.

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🧪 UKHSA has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in West Midlands region. #IDSky #EpiSky 🏥 Individual is currently well & was admitted to a High Consequence Infectious Disease unit 📰 Currently no evidence of onwards transmission from this case 🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

🚨 Applications are NOW OPEN for Applied Epi’s 2025 scholarships! 🚨 💡 For teams in low- & middle-income countries working in epidemiology, this is your chance to access funding for courses and support services that help transition to R. 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 10, 2025 🌐 Apply here: appliedepi.org

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Nice overview of challenges & tool-based solutions, plus important non-tool-based facilitators for sustainable #OutbreakAnalytics: locally-led analytical teams, cross-disciplinary partnerships, standardised data collection, co-creation with data collectors & end-users #EpiSky t.ly/gAZKI

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Now is the age of #AMR burden estimates - join us to hear from the expert @bugwonk.bsky.social next Thursday at 12.50 for "Rethinking how to understand the burden of antibiotic resistance bacteria (RHUBARB)" @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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