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Pilar Garcia-Vello
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Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Epidemiology
Working for Doctors without Borders #MSF
Former: #WHO #LSHTM #MarieCurieFellowship

#AMR #medsky #episky #microsky #aidsky #idsky
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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
How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war
Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan have put a spotlight on attacks on healthcare facilities and staff in conflict zones. The BMJ looks at the data, which seem to show a new strategy of war: removing civilians’ ...
www.bmj.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
pilargvello.bsky.social
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
Sudan’s real-time genocide draws comparison to Bosnia and Rwanda
Satellite imagery reveals house-to-house killings in el-Fasher, in the north of Sudan.
www.devex.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
pilargvello.bsky.social
Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can

#Gaza #MSF #Humanitarian #Genocide
msfireland.bsky.social MSF Ireland | Doctors Without Borders @msfireland.bsky.social · Sep 15
📢 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
September 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
pilargvello.bsky.social
#Ebola is back in #DRC

MSF is already responding

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrO...

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #outbreaks
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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
Advancing clinical bacteriology in humanitarian settings: The collaborative role of Médecins Sans Frontières
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat, particularly in resource-limited and conflict-affected settings. Access to Diagnosti…
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September 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Ibuprofen and acetaminophen significantly increased mutation frequency and conferred high-level ciprofloxacin resistance
😮🧐

#AMR #Medsky #Episky #IDsky #Microsky
August 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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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
Multidrug-resistant bacteria amid health-system collapse in Gaza
Gaza's health-care system has faced widespread destruction during the ongoing Israeli military invasion that began in October, 2023, leading to a proliferation of disease outbreaks.1,2 During this tim...
www.thelancet.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🧐 @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
Acquisition of Escherichia coli carrying extended-spectrum ß-lactamase and carbapenemase genes by hospitalised children with severe acute malnutrition in Niger - Nature Communications
Hospital treatment for children with severe malnutrition may facilitate antibiotic resistance. Here, using rectal swabs from 1,371 children receiving treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Niger, ...
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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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
MSF - AMR Clinical Lead in Bangalore / Delhi
MSF 1. JOB PURPOSE Provide clinical leadership to the AMR program to achieve the program objectives from Delhi / Bangalore Lead and manage clinical HI
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August 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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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
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
www.thelancet.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
War wounds caused by explosive weapons in Gaza: data from a 2024 study by Médecins Sans Frontières
As of July 23, 2025, Israel's military assault on Gaza has killed over 59 219 Palestinians, wounded an additional 143 045, and displaced nearly all of the 2·1 million people who live there.1 Triangula...
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August 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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#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
What the spread of the “great replacement” conspiracy theory means for humanitarian aid
As racialised narratives increasingly determine how and where NGOs can operate, humanitarians must embrace a more politically informed approach to their work.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reposted by Pilar Garcia-Vello
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Please 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...
Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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July 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🔬✈️🌍

Wanna lead research on infectious diseases at @msf.ca ?

Appy and join us!

msf.lu/en/oradvisor...

#medsky #idsky #microsky #episky #humanitarian
Operational Research Advisor (f,m,x) — Association d'aide médicale humanitaire — Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg
A one-year contract with the possibility of extension. Based in Luxembourg
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July 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Pilar Garcia-Vello
esthervk.bsky.social
Great 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
Epidemiologist
Epidemiologist for modelling AMR transmission in LMICMore than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute e...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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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
Antimicrobial Resistance Data Analysis
Functions to simplify and standardise antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data analysis and to work with microbial and antimicrobial properties by using evidence-based methods, as described in <doi:10.1863...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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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
Microbiology Mobile Implementation Officer
Microbiology Mobile Implementation Officer, Medical, NGO, Humanitarian Job, MSF Belgium, Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium
www.orthosurgeon.msf.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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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
May 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
pilargvello.bsky.social
Happy #InternationalNursesDay!!
🎉

And thank you for your essential contribution to the health of the patients!

😍
who.int WHO @who.int · May 11
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
A group of diverse nurses from around the world, including women and men, are smiling and working in different health care settings. The background features a light green globe design. Text reads: “30 million nurses are the heart of health systems worldwide.
May 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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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
Estimated undertreatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in eight low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
Infections caused by CRGN bacteria are likely to be significantly undertreated in LMICs. To close this treatment gap, improved access to diagnostics and antibiotics, strengthening of health systems, a...
www.thelancet.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
pilargvello.bsky.social
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
April 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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@msf.ca is at #ESCMIDGlobal talking about #AMR!

Pass by our booth to know more about our work!

#Viena @escmid.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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@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
April 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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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
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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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
February 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM