Zoe Ward

Mathematician, biologist, knitter and swimmer

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

I just took part in the #BigPlasticCount, UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste. Here’s what I found really happens to my plastic waste:

♻️4% recycled
🌍5% sent abroad
🔥59% burnt
⛰️32% sent to landfill

This is shocking, right?! @Jochurchill_MP @pow_rebecca

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

@ChrisGPackham just listening to your "life on a plate" podcast with @waitrose - @MrOrganic do palm oil free digestive biscuits

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

Excellent collection of 2021 articles about people who inject drugs, hepatitis C and prisons from @INHepSU
https://t.co/jwC9Q7E7jA
#prison #Hepatitis

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

Latest piece of work from 2020 is now published in Lancet HIV

[NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @HPRU_EBS]

Money saved from #decriminalisation of drug use could greatly reduce #HIV transmission if spent on treatment of people who inject drugs in eastern Europe and central Asia. New @HPRU_BSE research published in @TheLancetHIV.
👉https://t.co/A38cWcTtkO
#DrugPolicy #HarmReduction

[The Lancet HIV @TheLancetHIV]

New: Costs and impact on HIV transmission of a switch from a criminalisation to a public health approach to injecting drug use in eastern Europe and central Asia: a modelling analysis by Zoe Ward and colleagues https://t.co/db8ir7KVaW

[Co-op @coopuk]

Co-operation will get us through this #ItsWhatWeDo
https://t.co/kERNpj128o

[Pathway @PathwayUK]

We need urgent focussed action to prevent #coronavirusuk #COVID_19uk from having most severe impact among people experiencing #homelessness. Services collaborating & resources needed now. @NHSEngland @PHE_uk
Al Story describes what he thinks we should do:
https://t.co/64AK3vo0v4

[NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @HPRU_EBS]

Recent @bmj_latest article by @HPRU_EI partners on recommended behaviours to reduce #COVID19.
@BristolIandI @BristolUni @NIHRResearch @PHE_SouthWest @NHSEnglandSW @ARC_West @crnwestengland @BristolBRC @BNSSGResearch @CHCR_UWE @PeopleHealthWE
https://t.co/249oUyrGNy

[Anne Oevrehus @Oevrehusdk]

Recommend this model paper demonstrating that preventing and treating #HCV in #pwid is the only way high income countries can achieve the WHO elimination targets for hepatitis C. #NoHep @JVLazarus @Cfritsyd

[Jo Kesten @JoannaKesten]

They look fab @hussey_deb @bdpROADS ! It’ll be great to share these at the @HRInews conference this month in Portugal 🇵🇹 #HR19

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

Results from @HepcareE London, presented today at the PHE conference in Manchester #PHRSC19. @lindascampbell @juliansurey

[Jo Kesten @JoannaKesten]

#PHRSC19 #HepCare intervention demonstrated improved engagement with referral and treatment adherence @HPRU_EI

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

@DrewTur29683502 @Ga_1986 Sorry, I missed it, but I've now looked at it online!

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

@juliansurey @HepcareE

[Jo Kesten @JoannaKesten]

@Redpsiren highlighting the importance of peer support in #HepC treatment adherence @HPRU_EI #PHRSC19

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

That's great! Thanks for collecting it for me @gemmalasseter

[Zoe Ward @ZoeDawnWard]

@juliansurey what great cascade of care improvements by @HepcareE in London!

[Jo Kesten @JoannaKesten]

@Redpsiren presenting her highly commended abstract presentation at #PHRSC19 👏🏻

[NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @HPRU_EBS]

Up to 43% of the world's future #hepatitisC infections could be prevented if transmission among people who inject drugs was reduced, finds study by Adam Trickey et al in @LancetGastroHep
News: https://t.co/FVHWbcmsOi
Paper: https://t.co/HFqCC2bITl
#PHRSC19 #PHESciConf19 #drugs

[Jo Kesten @JoannaKesten]

Wales has a Harm Reduction Database which records all #needleexchange - vital data for monitoring and planning #PHRSC19

[Jack Stone @jack_stone22]

BBC News - Cocaine injecting and homelessness 'behind Glasgow HIV rise' https://t.co/hgcOHjEKFX

[NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @HPRU_EBS]

Why is it critical to integrate care for #drug user health and #hepatitisC prevention, testing & treatment? #hpruei's Prof Matthew Hickman presenting at #ILC2019: 8.15am (Lehar 2). Part of the 'Addressing drug user health to achieve HCV elimination' research think tank session.