Pilar Garcia-Vello
- Proud to share our publication on #AMR research priorities @msf.ca highlights the most urgent gaps affecting the most vulnerable patients journals.plos.org/globalpublic... @msfluxor.bsky.social @who.int #IPC #AMS #D&S #conflict #climatechange #Microsky
- Reflection as we begin #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek #WAAW 🔴 #AMR is a growing global emergency 🔴 Solutions must go beyond prescribing #diagnostics #access #prevention 🔴 No one is safe until everyone is safe, solutions must reach all www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #episky #microsky @msf.ca
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 Attacks on medical personnel, facilities and services are increasing and are deliberate www.bmj.com/content/391/... #Gaza #Ukraine #Sudan #Congo #Yemen #Afghanistan #Haiti @msf.ca
- A “Rwanda-style” 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 is unfolding in 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻 —with a scale of violence unseen since the mass killings in Bosnia, Srebrenica, and, a generation ago, in Darfur. www.devex.com/news/sudan-s... #conflict #war #genocide #Sudan
- 📢 STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA Israeli forces have purposefully and systematically destroyed the conditions necessary for life in Gaza. Nowhere is safe. World leaders must act to end their complicity in this genocide. Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can. Read more: bit.ly/42fRgvR
- #Ebola is back in #DRC MSF is already responding www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrO... #IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #outbreaks
- 🦠🌍 Curious about @msf.ca labs? All about our pragmatic model for Diagnostics & Surveillance to address #AMR in our latest publication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social @msfluxor.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #HumanitarianAid #EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky
- 🦠💊 Ibuprofen and acetaminophen significantly increased mutation frequency and conferred high-level ciprofloxacin resistance 😮🧐 #AMR #Medsky #Episky #IDsky #Microsky
- 💊 Non-antibiotic drugs & resistance A new study shows common medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen can boost E. coli resistance to antibiotics, raising concerns for aged care settings. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44... #SciComm 🧪 #AMR
- Collapsed infrastructure, overcrowded hospitals, poor hygiene, and malnutrition have fueled #antimicrobialresistance and mortality in #Gaza #Conflict is not just a battleground—but a global health threat www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #MedSky #Episkly #MicroSky #AMR
- 🧐 @msf.ca last publication on @nature.com In Niger, 76% of malnourished kids carried #AMR 𝘌 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪, 25% with blaNDM-5 at admission. By discharge, 69% 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 it 😮🦠 #IPC is essential in all hospitals www.nature.com/articles/s41... #medsky #LMIC #humanitarian
- 𝗠𝗦𝗙 is looking for a medical doctor to lead the #AMR program in #India This includes strategic, clinical and research activities. Check it out! msfindia.zohorecruit.in/jobs/Careers... @msf.ca #MedSky #IDSky
- Overwhelming evidence of the catastrophic public health crisis in #Gaza This #Genocide should not continue www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #medsky #episky #conflict #war @msf.ca
- The true nature of the civilian suffering in #Gaza : 70% of war injuries were from explosive weapons. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan.... #Medski #Episky #conflict #amr @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social @msf.ca
- #Neutrality doesn’t mean political silence Humanitarian action must be rooted in political and historical awareness, not only technical aid www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... @newhumanitarian.bsky.social @msf.ca #episky #medsky #aidsky #socialjustice #HumanitarianAid
- Reposted by Pilar Garcia-VelloPlease don't let this be true: the UK government couldn't possibly consider cutting funding for one of the major organisations working in the field of treatment resistant bacteria...could they? Surely they wouldn't do something that short sighted...would they? bsac.org.uk/closure-of-t...
- 🔬✈️🌍 Wanna lead research on infectious diseases at @msf.ca ? Appy and join us! msf.lu/en/oradvisor... #medsky #idsky #microsky #episky #humanitarian
- Reposted by Pilar Garcia-VelloGreat ID modelling opportunity to aim for real impact on mitigating and monitoring AMR in sub-Saharan Africa. You'll work closely with us @ox.ac.uk, and Oxford’s Modernising Medical Microbiology group, as well as collaborators at CRUN (Burkina Faso) and KWRTP-KEMRI (Kenya). tinyurl.com/mry25kxe
- The new version of R for AMR is ready! 🧫 Automated antibiograms 💻 Integration to WHONET 🧪 Updated CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints 💡 Free amr-for-r.org #biostatistics #episky #Statistics #AMR
- The ECDC is giving free training on this: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/index....
- 🔬🌍 If you are a 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 who wants to help others while traveling,𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 needs you! www.orthosurgeon.msf.org/en/job/micro... #hiring @msf.ca #microsky #sciencesky #AMR
- A powerful image to 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 civilians affected by #conflict and the healthcare workers trying to 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 them #War must end. But while it continues, civilians and medical staff must be 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 #Congo #Gaza #Syria #Sudan #Ukraine #Yemen 💡 english.radio.cz/we-need-be-o... @msf.ca #humanitarian
- Happy #InternationalNursesDay!! 🎉 And thank you for your essential contribution to the health of the patients! 😍
- On #InternationalNursesDay, we honour the 30 million nurses who are the heart of health systems worldwide. WHO urges accelerated investments to avoid a projected 4 million #nurse shortage by 2030. Because when nurses are supported, everyone thrives 🔗 bit.ly/42SkqBL
- Less than 7% of people with severe infections in resource-limited settings get the antibiotics they need—leading to preventable deaths. Improving equitable access to effective antibiotics must be a global priority. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #equity #AMR #AMS #medsky #microsky #idsky
- At the #ESCMIDGlobal in Vienna, @msf.ca presented key research on #AMR: 🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC 📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria 🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan 💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza 📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique Thank you! #medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social
- @msf.ca is at #ESCMIDGlobal talking about #AMR! Pass by our booth to know more about our work! #Viena @escmid.bsky.social
- @msf.ca continue to fight #cholera in #Yemen In 2024, the country faced over 250,000 suspected cholera cases and 861 associated deaths. The threat continues in 2025. This preventable disease should not cost lives! #HumanitarianCrisis #PublicHealth #mesky #microsky #episky #vaccination #wash
- In Maiduguri, #Nigeria, #AMR sepsis is killing children with #malnutrition @msf.ca is fighting back with IPC, AMS & D&S - but this crisis won't end without food security and holistic health programs #medsky #microsky
- Urinary tract infections #UTI are a major health issue, especially for #women While #AMR is rising, cases like this— 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 fully susceptible to antibiotics—are becoming less frequent Urgent action is needed to preserve effective treatments! #WomenHealth #AntibioticResistance #medsky
- 🚨 Love science, advanced data analysis, and making a real impact? 🚨 We're hiring! 📊🌍 My team is looking for a 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 and an 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 Join us! msf.lu/en/oradvisor... msf.lu/en/conseille... @msf.ca @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social #medsky #episky #aidsky #idsky
- Reposted by Pilar Garcia-VelloVolume 2 of the #AMR Starter Pack is here! go.bsky.app/EUY2FUJ Follow these amazing people along with those in Vol. 1 go.bsky.app/KkZfvrh And don't forget to pin the Antimicrobial Resistance feed to get all the AMR posts in one place bsky.app/profile/did:...at://did:plc:swgxhx3zgg47bscokhlo2j24/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lccjrm3prm2o
