Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar

He is Chief Executive officer of GHSI. He is among WHO IHR 2005 Experts in Epidemiology and Surveillance and US CDC EIS alumni & adjunct Prof Epi @UNMC

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

What is Health Intelligence?
Why the World desperately needs it?
#healthintelligence #Pandemic #monkeypox #Mpox2024 #epidemiology #PublicHealth

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

It's #WorldFoodSafetyDay

Unsafe food causes around 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths annually. They make people sick, harms livelihoods and weakens economies.

You can reduce your risk of illness by:
✅ Cooking meat all the way through
✅ Washing fruit and vegetable with safe water
✅ Keeping food at safe temperatures
✅ Eating a varied diet
✅ Choosing smaller fish over large ones

No one should get sick from food https://t.co/g38UohgtDP

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

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[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

Powerful militaries have lost battles when they got bad intelligence. Pandemics are great wars between humans and microorganisms
#pandemic

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

The key to ending the #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC area:

Government leadership;

Community ownership;

Strong partnership between the many actors involved, working with one budget, one plan and one report;

And building trust in the affected communities.

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Although a bottle of soda may not cost much money, these aren’t cheap calories. Sodas are empty, harmful calories, and around the world they help drive obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and many other health harms.

I explain why health taxes—on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks—offer a rare triple win. https://t.co/V2Jjj8DlzN

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

My Lahore

[Dr. Ali Khan @DrAliSKhan]

Screworm returns to the US after 60 years. The verdict from Texas “instead of using every available tool, @USDA moved too slowly and relied solely on a partial solution that takes years to fully implement.”
https://t.co/pMtbOSqGJk

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

@81ShahbazRana Proposed duties on solar panels & EVs show how out of touch the elite bureaucracy is.
People are moving to clean energy, but policy is pushing back—because it threatens fuel levies.
Real issue?
The rich may finally have to pay fair income tax.

https://t.co/6bagH1Kt1G

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

Proposed duties on solar panels & EVs show how out of touch the elite bureaucracy is.
People are moving to clean energy, but policy is pushing back—because it threatens fuel levies.
Real issue?
The rich may finally have to pay fair income tax.

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

Proposed duties on solar panels & EVs show how out of touch the elite bureaucracy is.
People are moving to clean energy, but policy is pushing back—because it threatens fuel levies.
Real issue?
The rich may finally have to pay fair income tax.

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

It's a great feeling to see a plant grow right in front of your eyes
#Islamabad right now

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

https://t.co/dsGmTyBZw7

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

Smart drug that strips cancer cells of ‘invisibility cloak’ can shrink tumours by 30%, trial shows
In a trial UK, France, Spain and Australia, 83 patients with cervical, bladder, liver, bowel, lung or head and neck cancers were given the experimental drug
https://t.co/WRu6qwm7RL

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A new, experimental medication nearly doubled overall survival rates for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, according to the results of a study published Sunday.

https://t.co/8d4D416b6v

[Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar @jasghar]

پاکستان کے 50 فیصد کے قریب بچے ذہنی طور پر پسماندہ یا پیچھے رہ رہے ہیں۔
اس کی وجہ غذائیت کی کمی اور سیسا ہے۔
سیسہ کھانے پینے کی اشیاء کی ملاوٹ فیکٹریوں اور پولیوشن اور پرانی بیٹریوں کو کار آمد بنانے کے پراسیس کے اندر پیدا ہوتا ہے۔

https://t.co/OUwLsxUnRh

[NEJM @NEJM]

Presented at #ASCO26:

Among patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the RAS(ON) inhibitor daraxonrasib led to significantly longer overall survival and progression-free survival than chemotherapy. Full phase 3 RASolute 302 trial results: https://t.co/xwLWBZYRzq

@ASCO

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

New BMJ Research: Outcome switching in cohort studies of interventions

Almost half of cohort studies of interventions showed outcome switching without a reported rationale, and most of the changes favoured statistically significant results
https://t.co/KjSKlbEhkQ

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

This Ebola outbreak can be stopped. It will take a response that matches the speed of the virus, not the molasses of bureaucracy. The people who know how to do the work are in place elsewhere. It’s up to the rest of the world to give them the support they need, right now. https://t.co/MKfIMsZkHX

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

There hasn't previously been a treatment vs pancreatic cancer this successful. Striking improved (a > doubling) survival results @NEJM and @ASCO today with daraxonrasib, which also became available via an FDA approved early access program and began shipping to physicians this week @RevMedicines
https://t.co/e04jqJMPw0

[Dr. Ali Khan @DrAliSKhan]

The hope (& hype) of multi-cancer early detection tests dashed in trial after 3 years of the blood test among 142,000 NHS patients. Did NOT lead to fewer late stage cancers. https://t.co/lfruPPY4pf