1/2 Babies infected with syphilis are part of a growing tragedy in Australia, one that could be easily prevented, according to @KirbyInstitute Dr @skye_mcgregor and Robert Monaghan, and UNSW Dr @b_hengel .
https://t.co/jFTnTD4GZU
Cases of infectious syphilis have risen sharply in the last decade, including in women in their reproductive years. That can lead to stillbirth, miscarriage or disability. 📝 researchers from @UNSW https://t.co/M22NESxtqC
Speaker announcement for #HIVAIDS2024 📣
We're pleased to welcome Monica Gandhi MD, MPH as a Keynote Speaker to the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference! @MonicaGandhi9 brings her world-recognised expertise on #HIV treatment & prevention.
Register: https://t.co/jZkbbC8bnQ
1/2 Recognise the achievements and uplift an emerging leader working in the #BBV, #STI, or sexual and reproductive health sector with the 2024 Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award.
Nominate an early-to-mid career professional now: https://t.co/I9bqVh050C
🧵 The Blood borne viral and sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Annual surveillance report 2023 has been released. This report provides data on HIV, hepatitis and STI diagnoses among these communities 1/7
https://t.co/Liv7W8zwBj
Don't miss Dr Cesare Di Feliciantonio's keynote address at #HIVAIDS2024 on ageing with HIV and the importance of 'homespaces’ for the wellbeing of #PLWH.
Register for the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024 – early bird rates end 19 May: https://t.co/jZkbbC8bnQ
Abstract submission deadline extended for Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024 📅
You now have until 28 April to submit your abstract for #HIVAIDS2024, happening 16 – 18 September 2024 at @ICCSyd, Gadigal Country, Australia.
Submit your abstract now: https://t.co/EiTdENjt3P
We're pleased to have Teymur Noori, HIV Expert at @ECDC_EU, speaking at #HIVAIDS2024.
@TeyNoori will bring their expertise on what needs to be done to ensure migrant populations are not left behind in the global HIV response.
More: https://t.co/jZkbbC8bnQ
🔬 Watch Kirby’s Dr @KhawarLaila in this excellent explainer vid from @360info_global differentiate between control, elimination and eradication for infectious disease 🧪
📰 Read more: https://t.co/1ocFM6Zid1
https://t.co/g2NHc4YVOo
🌈 From all of us at the Kirby Institute, we wish our LGBTQIA+ family a Happy Mardi Gras! We’re proud to work in partnership with many individuals and organisations, who help us in our mission to find effective, community-centred health solutions for infectious diseases. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Submit your abstract now for the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024.
Join global delegates in sharing the latest research and work on #HIV and #AIDS at #HIVAIDS2024 from 16-18 September 2024 at @ICCSyd.
Submissions close 21 April. Submit now: https://t.co/EiTdENjt3P
Disease elimination and eradication explainer, including a great video by the wonderful @KhawarLaila: https://t.co/JqzW573KXZ @360info_global@ZtheTrain@KirbyInstitute
💬 “We need to find new ways to engage young men, because what’s been done isn’t working” – Kirby Institute's Rob Monaghan is leading a project called 'Sexual Health Enhanced Walkabout'.
📰 Read more: https://t.co/Za90Hm81Vp
To meet 2030 infectious disease elimination targets such as #HIV & #NTDs, it is important that initiatives are clearly communicated using standardised terminology. New Kirby-led research published in @WHOBulletin seeks to clarify definitions & terminology. https://t.co/otgo1oSeBg
Kirby staff attended the National #MulticulturalHealth & Wellbeing Conference 2023 by @iFECCA & Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative. Great opportunity to address challenges, review best practices, improve access to health & wellbeing services for 🇦🇺 #CALD communities.
An amazing piece of work by
@KhawarLaila
- an incredibly valuable resource for #elimination and #eradication of infectious diseases. Definitions matter! https://t.co/Ahnrvz24dZ