Stef Vaccher
@stefvaccher.bsky.social
Infectious diseases epidemiologist | Global Health | Immunisation | PrEP
Likes: Data; baking. Dislikes: Pie graphs.
Likes: Data; baking. Dislikes: Pie graphs.
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This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.
The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option?
This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.
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Impact of PEPFAR cuts on HIV care in Mozambique #IAS2025 with 3rd highest no of PWH & 2nd highest new diagnoses, 67% of funding from PEPFAR in 2022.
- 14% reduction in ART initiations
- 39% increase in ART interruption
- reduced VL testing & viral suppression, esp children
@iasociety.bsky.social
- 14% reduction in ART initiations
- 39% increase in ART interruption
- reduced VL testing & viral suppression, esp children
@iasociety.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Impact of PEPFAR cuts on HIV care in Mozambique #IAS2025 with 3rd highest no of PWH & 2nd highest new diagnoses, 67% of funding from PEPFAR in 2022.
- 14% reduction in ART initiations
- 39% increase in ART interruption
- reduced VL testing & viral suppression, esp children
@iasociety.bsky.social
- 14% reduction in ART initiations
- 39% increase in ART interruption
- reduced VL testing & viral suppression, esp children
@iasociety.bsky.social
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The Demographic and Heath Survey program received their USAID termination email last night
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February 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Demographic and Heath Survey program received their USAID termination email last night
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@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
📣 UPDATE: OK, still working with some others to figure out the best way to present it all, but in the meantime here's the first batch of links to the most-recent archived versions of every page at the CDC prior to the Trump/Musk Purge:
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
In which I provide links to archived versions of every CDC.gov page available pre-purge (Part 1 of 15)
As horrific as it is that the Trump/Musk Administration is purging data from federal websites, it's good to know that the Internet Archive has been archiving much of it. However, in addition to the Ar...
acasignups.net
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
A (very timely) new paper - we argue that measles vaccination should be considered as a health system indicator and equity marker.
Interestingly, the US has the 19th highest number of children not vaccinated against measles - the only high-income country to feature
www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
Interestingly, the US has the 19th highest number of children not vaccinated against measles - the only high-income country to feature
www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
Missed Measles Immunisations Places Individuals and Communities at Risk: The Equity Argument for Including Measles in Under-Immunised Definitions
Background: Measles is consistently one of the leading causes of death from vaccine-preventable diseases in children, and cases and deaths have increased globally since 2019. While measles often serve...
www.mdpi.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A (very timely) new paper - we argue that measles vaccination should be considered as a health system indicator and equity marker.
Interestingly, the US has the 19th highest number of children not vaccinated against measles - the only high-income country to feature
www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
Interestingly, the US has the 19th highest number of children not vaccinated against measles - the only high-income country to feature
www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
Spent a wonderful weekend hiking in Wilson's Prom (along the south coast of Eastern Australia) but was concerned by the number of dead birds washed up along the beaches. Better communication needed to the public to explain the #H5N1 #birdflu situation + emphasise avoiding contact
November 17, 2024 at 10:30 PM