I'm a scientist with an agenda: Improving life for the people of the world, especially Africans. If you follow me expect science (bioinformatics, pathogens) *and* politics (pan-African, intersectional - I'm the commie they warned you about!) . And the occasional (dad) joke.
I'm very sorry to report that Dr. Omar Selik, cited in our earlier story about the siege of El Fasher, was killed alongside dozens of others in a strike on a crowded mosque this morning.
โ ๏ธWe are seeing a worrying resurgence of chikungunya, with trends similar to those seen in the 2004-05 outbreak, when nearly half a million people were affected.
@WHO has published a new Q&A for the public to inform & protect themselves.
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https://t.co/Gtu0KW3HOy
@FrancoisVenter3 And Shringrix, one of the top money makers in GSK's portfolio, uses the AS01 adjuvant, developed with public money (as part of malaria vaccine research)...
@Chikwe_I@dg@DrTedros@DrMikeRyan Congratulations, dear Chikwe. What an inspired choice to fill that role. I wish (unrealistically) that your tenure might be uneventful!
Incredible stuff, well done @pvanheus and @alangchris!
African scientists set genomics โworld speed recordโ in confirming Ebola outbreak in Uganda https://t.co/tX8709zCJu
[Thread] 1. Did #Trump shut down #USAID projects in SA or around the world?
Answer: Globally. In court documents Peter Marocco submitted, he said 5 800 projects will be terminated + 500 would be retained.
Every single person who was killed during the anti-finance bill protests in Kenya was killed by the police. The last confirmed death toll was 72, but several people remain unaccounted for.
@GeraldGmboowa I don't see how you get asymptomatic circulation from the second ref? It's definitely an interesting possibility but have seroprevalence surveys been done to confirm this? Or are you taking the lack of known exposure of symptomatic individual of the "index case" as evidence?
Trump's new executive order targeting South Africa & calling Afrikaners "refugees" feels far from funny after speaking to the most vulnerable - HIV+ women who will struggle to get the help they need.
Our report produced by the glorious @ZikhonaTshona
https://t.co/D2yzFwAorH
Horrifying and also expected. Almost every single day for 14 months there was info trickling out of Gezira that the RSF killed at least a few people in a new village.
Sometimes, they would kill dozens or go on a killing spree.
#Sudan 's army is on the cusp of retaking Khartoum, bringing hope that renewed stability will return to the capital.
But local relief workers are terrified of being targeted in a new wave of army reprisal killings, a trend throughout the war.
My latest
https://t.co/KcT4r0LC7L
We Successfully concluded project planning with the @AfricaCDC pathogen team and @ASLM_News. Role out of Pathogen genomics projects including computational infrastructure for national public health labs. @pha4ge@MRCza
A very cool colleague has launched a grassroots effort to support @WHO. It's called 1 Dollar, 1 World. Give what you can afford. I've donated. ๐ https://t.co/FkiEQPhlTx #HealthForAll