WHONET is looking for funding to survive 🔬 🦠 WHONET is a microbiology laboratory database software 🌍 It is widely used globally 💰 They are now exploring partnerships and opportunities to ensure sustainability 💻 Plan to migrate to an open-source whonet.org/FundingAndCo... #AMR #GLASS #EpiSKy

🔬 We just documented the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 🩺 The sad case of a patient dying of this underrecognised disease 💍 Access to the right treatments should not be a luxury academic.oup.com/omcr/article... #Diagnostics #AMR #HIV @msf.ca @msfluxor.bsky.social

First culture-confirmed melioidosis case in Mozambique: a wakeup call for better diagnostics and clinical awareness

Abstract. Melioidosis is a disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei and is an underrecognised cause of severe infection in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozamb

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In the wake of #ESCMID2026 we brought together our experts on #AMR in Munich to discuss critical issues and gaps that can be addressed by operational research. Aside from great technical conversations it was also a good oppurtunity to bring us together as people, colleagues and friends. @msf.org

Pharmaceutical Care Referent position open! www.msf-azg.be/en/job/pharm... #jobs #humanitarian #AMR @msf.ca

✈️🌍 Wanna lead Social Science research with #MSF and travel the world while helping others? Apply and join us! msf.lu/en/conseille... #medsky #idsky #episky #humanitarian @msf.ca @msfluxor.bsky.social

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

Not forgetting the humanitarian contexts in the fight against antimicrobial resistance: Operational-driven reflection on knowledge and research gaps by Médecins Sans Frontières

Despite Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) being a growing threat to global public health, there is scarce evidence from humanitarian settings. Working in fragile contexts, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ...

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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

Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health, with approximately 5 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. Tackling AMR requires a multifaceted and cohesive...

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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’ ...

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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.

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Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can #Gaza #MSF #Humanitarian #Genocide

MSF Ireland | Doctors Without Borders@msfireland.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 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

The Story of Ebola

YouTube video by Global Health Media Project

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#DRC: Health authorities have declared an outbreak of #Ebola Virus Disease in the Bulape health zone, Kasaï province. As of Sept. 4, 28 suspected cases have been reported, with 16 fatalities, including 4 health workers.

🦠🌍 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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🦠💊 Ibuprofen and acetaminophen significantly increased mutation frequency and conferred high-level ciprofloxacin resistance 😮🧐 #AMR #Medsky #Episky #IDsky #Microsky

Prof Sam Illingworth@samillingworth.com · 11mo ago

💊 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

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...

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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, ...

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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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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...

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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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#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.

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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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🔬✈️🌍 Wanna lead research on infectious diseases at @msf.ca ? Appy and join us! msf.lu/en/oradvisor... #medsky #idsky #microsky #episky #humanitarian

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

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Epidemiologist for modelling AMR transmission in LMICMore than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute e...

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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

🔬🌍 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! 😍

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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

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...

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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