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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH

@chemtaimungo.bsky.social
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African, OBGYN, Women's Health Physician-Scientist, Assistant Professor, UNC - Chapel Hill, passionate about cervical cancer elimination, health equity, the underdog. Views=my own

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ACOG @acog.org · 27/04/2026
Join us in recognizing #WorldImmunizationWeek and #NationalInfantImmunizationWeek. Explore and share ACOG’s patient education resources to help highlight the importance of vaccines. To get started, review our summary of routinely recommended maternal vaccines: bit.ly/4tFc8bo #VaccinesWork
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Thank you. Full essay here, all posts always open to all: joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/grievance-...
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Grievance Is All You Need
Understanding attacks on NIH, CDC and FDA through the lens of COVID revisionists
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The 2026-27 IPVS Mentorship Program is calling for mentors! 🧬Help shape the future of HPV research by supporting the next generation of scientists. Apply by Feb 20 (Members Only) 🔗https://bit.ly/4aG9Kdb #HPVresearch #Mentorship #CareerDevelopment
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Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation @conquercancer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
For @chemtaimungo.bsky.social conquering cancer means ensuring that people everywhere have access to care that removes fear. On #WorldCancerDay, we recognize the importance of funding researchers focused on cancer care for people everywhere. Dr. Mungo's Spotlight: bit.ly/3ZjDGpf
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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American Society of Clinical Oncology @ascocancer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Applications are OPEN! Medical institutions in Asia Pacific LMICs: Apply to be an ASCO International Cancer Corps (ICC) Site. Improve clinical staff's expertise in cancer management, palliative care, and quality measures. Apply by March 31, 2026: brnw.ch/21wZ9ui #ASCOGlobalImpact
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Updated #Cochrane review reports, that #HPV vaccination reduces cervical cancer by ~80% when given ≤16 years, lowers CIN3+, CIN2+, anogenital warts and #HPV infection, and shows no increase in serious or long-term adverse events. Highlights are summarised below ⬇️ 👉 bit.ly/49sjvtX #RCT
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#VaccinesWork! @ipvsociety.bsky.social
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Day 1 in Bangkok set the tone for #IPVS2025 💙 Focused discussions, meaningful connections & a shared drive to advance HPV research, prevention & care. Take a look at the photo gallery and feel the energy that filled Day 1! ✨ #HPV #Papillomavirus #HPVCommunity
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🌞 Good morning from Day 2 of #IPVS2025! Clinical, public health & basic science sessions ahead — all driving HPV research forward. Coffee in hand, let’s dive into another day of connection, discovery & collaboration in Bangkok. ☕💙 #HPV #GlobalHealth #Papillomavirus
IPVS 2025 - Start of the Day 2
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🎬 Program of the Day | HPV Awareness & Advocacy at #IPVS2025! “We’re bringing in more advocacy, more patient voices, and a stronger focus on awareness to help prevent HPV-related disease.” — Prof. Joel Palefsky 💜 Collaboration is key to moving science and awareness forward.
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
“We made sure this was an integrated program — a chance for clinicians to catch up on basic science and for scientists to learn from clinical research.” Prof. Karl Munger shares how #IPVS2025 bridges disciplines and fosters collaboration. 💜 #Papillomavirus #HPV #GlobalHealth
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Touched down in Bangkok for #IPVC2025! Honored to speak, moderate, and mentor at this year's conference. The path to cervical cancer elimination runs through the communities most impacted. #CervicalCancerElimination #HPV #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We’re hiring! I’m seeking a Clinical Research Data Coordinator to join my team at UNC Chapel Hill. Support data collection, management and analysis for clinical trials advancing #CervicalCancerElimination globally. Apply by Sept 22: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/306...
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Clinical Research Data Coordinator
This position will serve as a Clinical Research Data Coordinator to Dr. Chemtai Mungo in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Global Women's Health, at UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Mungo i...
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of presenting my lab's research at the IDSOG 2025 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, USA - where we won the best Oral Abstract Award! Thank you IDSOG for recognizing our work. Learn more about my lab's work here. lnkd.in/dgHfPEDw
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Get ready for three thought-provoking IPVS events this September! 📅 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟵 – 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀: 𝗛𝗣𝗩 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥'𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹 🔗 bit.ly/4lBIfUE 📅 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟭𝟴 – 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗣𝗩 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 (member-only) 📅 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟮𝟯 – 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗣𝗩 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 🔗 bit.ly/4oKZEwQ
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#IDSOG2025
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
What an honor to present our work on #HPV #cervicalprecancer therapies in #LMICS at the #InfectiousDisease Society of OBGYN @idsog.bsky.social meeting in Minneapolis! @uncobgyn.bsky.social @unclineberger.bsky.social @cervicalcancer.bsky.social @who.int @theaacr.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
What an honor to present our work on #HPV #cervicalprecancer therapies in #LMICS at the #InfectiousDisease Society of OBGYN @idsog.bsky.social meeting in Minneapolis! @uncobgyn.bsky.social @unclineberger.bsky.social @cervicalcancer.bsky.social @who.int @theaacr.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Off to #Chicago to receive a #CareerDevelopmentAward from @ascocancer.bsky.social! Thank you for supporting my lab’s work towards #cervicalcancer elimination for all! #equity #EveryWomanMatters @uncobgyn.bsky.social @unclineberger.bsky.social
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
RIP Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Thank you for so valiantly telling the #African story!
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A giant of African literature has fallen. I studied one of his plays in high school. A true visionary and revolutionary. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/05/2025
Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is such an important shift. For many years the catholic church withheld support for HPV vaccination which prevents cervical cancer. 119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year. This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake. nation.africa/kenya/health...
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We can't remain indifferent to suffering: Catholic Church now champions HPV vaccination
From opposition to advocacy: After dismissing vaccine over promiscuity fears, church now tells faithful early intervention saves lives
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2025
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The latest in #HPV science from @ipvsociety.bsky.social #PaperoftheWeek -- more nuanced understanding of what a 'positive' or 'negative' #HPV test means in context of highly sensitive molecular assays, #HPV #latency etc. Needs more individualized counseling! @ipvsociety.bsky.social
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The latest in #HPV science via @ipvsociety.bsky.social
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A new therapeutic opportunity in HPV-related cancer: Hybrid ecDNA boosts E6 and E7 expression via viral & host enhancers. Targeting it with CRISPRi or BET inhibition suppresses ecDNA(+) tumors. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/42Lk2nl #CancerResearch #HPV #ecDNA #TargetedTherapy
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International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New study published in the JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute on the risk of #HPV-related squamous cell carcinomas in 7936 survivors of autologous or allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation #openaccess: bit.ly/3RIvcUE #HPV #IPVSPaperOfTheWeek
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Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH @chemtaimungo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Are you passionate about #globalhealth, #womenshealth, or #equity? We are recruiting a highly motivated research professional to join our team as a research coordinator/associate. Come join my lab as we work towards #cervicalcancer elimination for all! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/298....
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Research Coordinator/Associate
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has an outstanding opportunity for an independent, passionate, driven, and well-organized contributor to serve as a Research Coordinator/Associate to Dr. C...
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 27/03/2025
Proposed cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global HIV infections, new modelling study in The Lancet HIV estimates. Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
Figure showing projected effect of HIV programme funding cuts in 26 countries from 2000 to 2050, on HIV-related deaths. Anticipated 24% cuts capture the range of effects given by the proportional cuts and reallocated prevention budget to treatment scenarios (scenarios 2 and 3), while PEPFAR discontinued captures the range of effects with
and without mitigation (scenarios 4 and 5). The dashed black lines show a continuation of historical 8·3% year-on-year reductions in new HIV infections and 10·3% year-on-year reductions in HIV-related deaths from 2024 levels. Copyright: 2025 World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Beyond dependency: Rethinking Africa’s relationship with foreign aid speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/03/21/b...
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Beyond dependency: Rethinking Africa’s relationship with foreign aid
As the world approaches 2030, the goal of ending AIDS remains within reach – but only if Africa takes ownership of its destiny. True partnerships must be equitable and based on shared responsibility, ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
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Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
The McGill School of Population and Global Health is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The nomination deadline is Sunday, June 8th, 2025. Paul Farmer, ...
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