👩🔬🧑🔬🔬 Today we celebrate the lab technicians who make our science possible. More than 14 percent of our colleagues work as lab technicians. They are the people who ensure our science is accurate, reliable, and reproducible. So let's clap for the people in the lab.👏
#NTDs are uncommon but may be present in #Europe, as mobility & #climate change expand vectors habitat: poor #access to #medicines may leave vulnerable patients untreated & increase risk of local transmission
@lancetrh-europe.bsky.social @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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Pathogen #genomic research implies risks due to human genetic bycatch. As researchers & #ethics reviewers at @itmantwerp.bsky.social, we propose a four-step #mitigation plan to #protect individuals & #communities, & #trust in research
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🧪 Small month, big science.
From boosting dengue detection in Peru, to uncovering why chikungunya lingers for some, to rethinking TB care and dog vaccination strategies! 🐕Curious already? Explore the full set of last month's research highlights. 👉 www.itg.be/en/health-st...
BCCM/ITM offers semi-automated, high-throughput & standardized broth microdilution testing for TB drug-susceptibility:
- Endorsed ref. method by WHO, EUCAST & CLSI
- Quantitative results
- Validated for multiple drugs
- Screening against ≠ MTBc lineages
BCCM.ITM@itg.be
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New preprint out! We made a #Plasmodium knowlesi A1-H.1 #transcriptome time course for asexual blood stages🩸. tinyurl.com/mwd9b8vx
👩💻Webtool to compare temporal expression to P. vivax: tinyurl.com/bdz2ndsj
@itmantwerp.bsky.social @eknuepfer.bsky.social @cortesmalaria.bsky.social
Tooting our own horn (again)🫁: www.itg.be/en/health-st... #TBsky #TB @itmantwerp.bsky.social @djaganath.bsky.social #EndTB#IDxPost#IDSky
One year on from the dismantling of USAID. Last year, we warned how global health funding cuts would endanger lives and weaken health systems. Today, that warning feels more urgent than ever. @rravinetto.bsky.social @gorikooms.bsky.social
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✨The 1st Fresh Off the Journal of the year is here, plus a look back at December’s latest papers.
Nine new studies covering malaria, emerging viruses, diagnostics, respectful maternity care, antibiotic resistance, and access to essential medicines in crisis settings. 👉 www.itg.be/en/health-st...
Today is #WorldNTDDay. The Escape the Neglect mini-doc by @devex.com shows how sleeping sickness went from a death sentence to near elimination in one generation. A story of science, partnership & persistence. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ye...
"While, on average, our study does not reveal any major stigmatization of patients, it does highlight an important problem: communication, especially when women have a low level of education. Essential work remains to be done to improve communication." -Estelle Pasquier, @srhgroup-itm.bsky.social
"Klinische studies moeten beoordelen hoe medicijnen werken in een specifieke populatie en binnen een specifiek gezondheidssysteem”, zegt @rravinetto.bsky.social. "Anders wordt te weinig rekening gehouden met hoe Afrikaanse patiënten reageren op medicijnen.”
🧪 🦠 #Mpox virus “acquired during pregnancy should be regarded as a congenital pathogen” particularly in the first trimester
MBOTE-SK project followed 89 pregnant women in DR Congo
@labgenpath.bsky.social @ispm.unibe.ch @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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Our vision of equal chances of a healthy life for all is only possibly when the #right to provide and receive #healthcare is upheld everywhere, even in armed #conflicts. @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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Last week, we welcomed Dr Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, and Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, to ITM. 🌍
We exchanged insights on research, education and partnerships with @who.int, and ended the day meeting our African students. 🤝
The project #SECRET, funded by @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social,
aims to strengthen #research #ethics committees in #Uganda & #Ethiopia. This training held at #Busitema University contributes to reinforcing the research ecosystem. #BernardKikaire @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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🌍 Universal health coverage remains out of reach for millions, and the impact is felt daily in communities with the least resources. Francesca reflects on these challenges through her work. Tune in to our podcast Transmission. #UHC2025 #HealthForAll
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✨ Fresh Off The Journal – November Edition
Here are some of our November’s research highlights. This month is a clear reminder: no one advances global health alone. Our strength lies in collaboration.
Explore the full highlights 👉 www.itg.be/en/health-st...
“The first thing that I noticed was the old suspects: the white saviour bias and the linkage of dark skin tone with poverty. What really struck me was the logos, because I did not prompt for them and they appear,” said Arsenii Alenichev (ITM), studying the production of global health images.
#Conflicts & #Health: our study shows that #availability of #medicines for #NCDs (esp #epilepsy) is low in Northern #Syria. A well-regulated system must be built on local capacities
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Isabel Brosius talking about reasons for Clade Ib mpox outbreak at mpox2025 in Kinshasa
🧪 #mpox2025 #Kinshasa
#MBOTE
Epidemics waiting to happen… Isabel Brosius describes context and circumstances of mpox virus Clade Ib emergence in South Kivu - and notes conditions for continuing new outbreaks with changing characteristics @labgenpath.bsky.social
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Methods for modelling composite indices of access to healthcare facilities: a systematic literature review led by @halolemoses.bsky.social
How we measure access to healthcare shapes how we fix it.
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@itmantwerp.bsky.social #GISChat #GeoHealth
Our analysis of publications from commercial clinical #trials in breast lung & colon #cancer involving #LMICs, found significative #authorship imbalances, calling for #equity & #fairness in #oncology research
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #UPO @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A bacteriophage, also known as a "phage", is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. What can they be used for? According to @bcmhouston.bsky.social's Joshi Bishnu, in the fight against certain bacterial infections and AMR.
#Colloq25
Jennifer Furin’s wise words will stay with us long after #colloq25: “Tuberculosis needs a human rights approach, not a public health approach.” We need to make sure we’re innovating the right way: in partnership with impacted communities. @harvardmed.bsky.social
So much fun to learn about Outbreaks & Surveillance yesterday from these All-Stars @itmantwerp.bsky.social #TBSky #MPox #AMR #Arbovirus #airfilterforensics
Day 3 #colloq25! Tapfumanei Mashe @who.int focused on AMR in Zimbabwe, which has been exacerbated by inappropriate use of antimicrobials in healthcare & agriculture. The One Health AMR Nat'l Action Plan combats this: fosters innovation, generates knowledge, establishes risk mitigation strategies.
Aarman Sohaili from @maastrichtu.bsky.social introduced a new Rapid Multiplex System at #colloq25 for point-of-care diagnostics of STIs. During their study in Kenya, they generated epidemiological data for the prevalence of these infections among 400 sexually active PrEP users.
💡 Did you know that only 50% of Essential Medicines are available in LMICs? And 2 billion people face financial hardship due to out-of-pocket spending? As Makaita Gombe put it at #colloq25: "to be fruitful, and multiply the impact of innovation, access is not just one thing, it’s everything!"
Eline Kattenberg gave an enlightening talk about the work of the global Malaria Molecular Surveillance network, whose aim is to generate high quality surveillance data to inform policy and practice. Evolution of drug resistance is high on their agenda. 💊
#Colloq25 @ekattenberg.bsky.social
