Big thanks to Henriatta and the entire UKinGhana/FCO team ๐ ๐ uniting us with our family and back to the front lines to do what we love doing regardless of the risk
Our teams have been working around the clock to get British nationals visiting Ghana home; before boarding today's flight Jennifer stopped to say thank you to @UKinGhana ๐๐๐
Well done to the @nhsfife research team who have randomised their first patient into the #recoverytrial today. Fantastic team effort involving pharmacists, physicians, anaesthetists and nurses.๐๐
@NHSResearchScot#whywedoresearch
Social media is full with messages downplaying the gravity of #COVID2019. Majority of pple may have mild or no symptoms but if they roam freely they will spread it to vulnerable pple. Consequently, hospitals will be overwhelmed with very sick pple. Please stick to prevention!
In tackling #AntimicrobialResistance, @WHO is introducing a tool that indexes the most effective #antibiotics into 3 groups:
๐ACCESS
๐WATCH
๐RESERVE
to help policy-makers, doctors and prescribers on which antibiotics to use when
https://t.co/CqNh1IRiyC
Our #AMRSWAB team prepares for the laboratory training of healthcare workers at University of Health and Allied Sciences Ho Ghana. Thanks to support from Scottish funding council & Global Challenges Research Fund @UHASGhana@univofstandrews@Infection_StAnd@nhsfife@GCRF#AMR
The SWAB field team training on how to use Epicollect. Epicollect is a smart phone app that can used for both laboratory and epidemiological field research. Our SWAB team will be using the tool to assess Lab capacity across Ghana. @UHASGhana @HATUA_Research @GCRF@nhsfife
Effective management of resources & systems crucial for the fight against #AMR Our Scotland-West Africa Partnership to fight Antimicrobial resistance trains Ghanaian national AMR taskforce in lean management principles @Infection_StAnd @HATUA_Research @markr@univofstandrews
The Scotland-West Africa Partnership to fight Antimicrobial Resistance (SWAB) stakeholders meeting starts in Ho city, Ghana #SWAB#AMR Opened by VC UHAS to discuss ways to assist the Ghana MoH effectively implement the AMR action plan @Infection_StAnd@univofstandrews@UHASGhana