Paediatric doctor & researcher - infectious diseases & global health
Dili, Timor-Leste
Joined October 2020
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Are the traditional 'early' and 'late' onset neonatal sepsis definitions outdated? Our meta-analysis suggests its time to reconsider the empirical regimens used to treat these syndromes, in the context of rapidly changing sepsis epidemiology and AMR 👶🧫🌍journals.lww.com/pidj/fullte…
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David Mabey officially retires @LSHTM today after a 40+ year career dedicated to improving health & wellbeing globally. It has been a huge privilege for myself & colleagues to have worked with him. Sadness but also pride at the immense impact David has had worldwide. Thank you.
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🦠@GenevieveEMart1 #CatherineMarshall #BartCurrie
transport us to Australia for this episode's learning case!
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Thrilled to welcome the 1st cohort of graduates from Vanuatu & Timor-Leste to the #FETP family!
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What a great trial! thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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New data suggests that several antibiotics recommended to treat serious childhood bacterial infections are now less than 50% effective in areas of southeast Asia and the Pacific. Learn more: bit.ly/3QKEhg1
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Great work from @phoebwill and colleagues on the high rates of AMR in paediatric infections
Highlights limited treatment options and generally poor quality of surveillance data
Coverage gaps in empiric antibiotic regimens used to treat serious bac... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Huge thanks to @abcnews and @frankelly08 @RadioNational for highlighting the concerning findings of our study revealing high rates of AMR in children in our neighbouring Southeast Asian region abc.net.au/news/2023-10-31/n… @PaulTurnerMicro @gardp_amr @snelling_tom @rcduguid @bfrdickson
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Great to see this important threat to human health & the burden of morbidity/ mortality it causes in kids receiving the attention it deserves- thanks coauthors& @smh @Sydney_ID @gardp_amr @PaulTurnerMicro @YueYw1 @snelling_tom @rcduguid @bfrdickson smh.com.au/national/nsw/next…
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Exciting seminar today at the MRCG with @DrDanielNgamije, new @WHO Global Malaria Director, discussing the current #Malaria situation and vaccine updates globally. He shared insights on progress, challenges, and renewed hope for eradicating this deadly disease 🦟🛑
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Dr Gayana Gunaratna doing an excellent job presenting our NeoSEAP data from Sri Lanka @ECCMID - rising burden of neonatal Acinetobacter spp. infections, correlations between antibiotic consumption and carbapenem resistance in neonates #ECCMID2023 🌍
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Huge thank you to ISAC for this incredibly generous award to enable us to better understand the burden of pneumococcus in Sri Lanka, & optimise the management of respiratory infections in children.We are so looking forward to working with CSTH to launch this study 🇱🇰 👧 🧒 🩻 🧫 – at Sydney, New South Wales
🌟ISAC Project Grant Awardees🌟
"Improving the management of lower #respiratorytractinfections in children in Sri Lanka"
This project is co-led by Dr Phoebe Williams (University of Sydney, 🇦🇺) & Dr Gayana Gunaratna (University of Kelaniya, 🇱🇰)
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Busy but productive few days on the neonatal wards in Danang with the incredible team at WCH and PCTU for the #NeoSEAP project. World-leading locally-led kangaroo care programs making a big difference in reducing risk of #neonatalsepsis and protecting against #AMR 🇻🇳👶🧫🦠
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Phenomenal @DNDi bit.ly/3VhtOZm Acoziborole is effective single dose Rx for West African Trypanosomiasis. Definition of game changing
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Over half a million babies die every year from sepsis. It was such a privilege to work with so many child health experts to advocate for a strategy that can ensure every baby in the world who needs efficacious antibiotics can receive them 🦠 🧫 👶 🌍 💉 @gardp_amr #IDTwitter #AMR
Public health experts have proposed a strategy to prioritize the development of effective #antibiotics for newborns who are resistant to current treatments. See the “online first” version. This will be published in the WHO Bulletin in December. 👉bit.ly/3SuXZu1
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Innovative work by @bfrdickson #jessemasson #myanmar vbdc @helenmayfield @Jan_FRL on antigen and antibody studies from two #filariasis surveys in #Myanmar @jcu @AITropHealthMed @CPHMVS_JCU @JCUMedDent
Our paper using Bayesian Networks to analyse Lymphatic Filariasis serology from Myanmar has just been published in @TropicalmedMDPI. It suggests benefit in adding antibody testing to post-MDA surveillance. mdpi.com/1688836
Ben Dickson retweeted
The midnight hours spent battling research paperwork all immediately worthwhile after finally escaping 🇦🇺 to join wards where dozens of babies are dying from #AMR.MDR Acinetobacter & Kleb ubiquitous.Enormous efforts from local clinicians;time for more global attn #neonatalsepsis
