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Pilar Garcia-Vello

@pilargvello.bsky.social
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Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Epidemiology Working for Doctors without Borders #MSF Former: #WHO #LSHTM #MarieCurieFellowship #AMR #medsky #episky #microsky #aidsky #idsky

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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
WHONET is looking for funding to survive 🔬 🦠 WHONET is a microbiology laboratory database software 🌍 It is widely used globally 💰 They are now exploring partnerships and opportunities to ensure sustainability 💻 Plan to migrate to an open-source whonet.org/FundingAndCo... #AMR #GLASS #EpiSKy
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🔬 We just documented the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 🩺 The sad case of a patient dying of this underrecognised disease 💍 Access to the right treatments should not be a luxury academic.oup.com/omcr/article... #Diagnostics #AMR #HIV @msf.ca @msfluxor.bsky.social
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First culture-confirmed melioidosis case in Mozambique: a wakeup call for better diagnostics and clinical awareness
Abstract. Melioidosis is a disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei and is an underrecognised cause of severe infection in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozamb
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Amrish Baidjoe @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In the wake of #ESCMID2026 we brought together our experts on #AMR in Munich to discuss critical issues and gaps that can be addressed by operational research. Aside from great technical conversations it was also a good oppurtunity to bring us together as people, colleagues and friends. @msf.org
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Pharmaceutical Care Referent position open! www.msf-azg.be/en/job/pharm... #jobs #humanitarian #AMR @msf.ca
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Pharmaceutical Care Referent
Pharmaceutical Care Referent (h/f/x) –MSF Belgium, humanitarian job
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
✈️🌍 Wanna lead Social Science research with #MSF and travel the world while helping others? Apply and join us! msf.lu/en/conseille... #medsky #idsky #episky #humanitarian @msf.ca @msfluxor.bsky.social
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Proud to share our publication on #AMR research priorities @msf.ca highlights the most urgent gaps affecting the most vulnerable patients journals.plos.org/globalpublic... @msfluxor.bsky.social @who.int #IPC #AMS #D&S #conflict #climatechange #Microsky
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Not forgetting the humanitarian contexts in the fight against antimicrobial resistance: Operational-driven reflection on knowledge and research gaps by Médecins Sans Frontières
Despite Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) being a growing threat to global public health, there is scarce evidence from humanitarian settings. Working in fragile contexts, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Reflection as we begin #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek #WAAW 🔴 #AMR is a growing global emergency 🔴 Solutions must go beyond prescribing #diagnostics #access #prevention 🔴 No one is safe until everyone is safe, solutions must reach all www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #episky #microsky @msf.ca
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Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health, with approximately 5 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. Tackling AMR requires a multifaceted and cohesive...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 Attacks on medical personnel, facilities and services are increasing and are deliberate www.bmj.com/content/391/... #Gaza #Ukraine #Sudan #Congo #Yemen #Afghanistan #Haiti @msf.ca
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How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war
Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan have put a spotlight on attacks on healthcare facilities and staff in conflict zones. The BMJ looks at the data, which seem to show a new strategy of war: removing civilians’ ...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A “Rwanda-style” 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 is unfolding in 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻 —with a scale of violence unseen since the mass killings in Bosnia, Srebrenica, and, a generation ago, in Darfur. www.devex.com/news/sudan-s... #conflict #war #genocide #Sudan
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Sudan’s real-time genocide draws comparison to Bosnia and Rwanda
Satellite imagery reveals house-to-house killings in el-Fasher, in the north of Sudan.
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Doctors can't stop genocide, world leaders can #Gaza #MSF #Humanitarian #Genocide
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
#Ebola is back in #DRC MSF is already responding www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrO... #IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #outbreaks
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The Story of Ebola
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🦠🌍 Curious about @msf.ca labs? All about our pragmatic model for Diagnostics & Surveillance to address #AMR in our latest publication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social @msfluxor.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #HumanitarianAid #EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky
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Advancing clinical bacteriology in humanitarian settings: The collaborative role of Médecins Sans Frontières
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat, particularly in resource-limited and conflict-affected settings. Access to Diagnosti…
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
🦠💊 Ibuprofen and acetaminophen significantly increased mutation frequency and conferred high-level ciprofloxacin resistance 😮🧐 #AMR #Medsky #Episky #IDsky #Microsky
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Collapsed infrastructure, overcrowded hospitals, poor hygiene, and malnutrition have fueled #antimicrobialresistance and mortality in #Gaza #Conflict is not just a battleground—but a global health threat www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #MedSky #Episkly #MicroSky #AMR
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Multidrug-resistant bacteria amid health-system collapse in Gaza
Gaza's health-care system has faced widespread destruction during the ongoing Israeli military invasion that began in October, 2023, leading to a proliferation of disease outbreaks.1,2 During this tim...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🧐 @msf.ca last publication on @nature.com In Niger, 76% of malnourished kids carried #AMR 𝘌 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪, 25% with blaNDM-5 at admission. By discharge, 69% 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 it 😮🦠 #IPC is essential in all hospitals www.nature.com/articles/s41... #medsky #LMIC #humanitarian
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Acquisition of Escherichia coli carrying extended-spectrum ß-lactamase and carbapenemase genes by hospitalised children with severe acute malnutrition in Niger - Nature Communications
Hospital treatment for children with severe malnutrition may facilitate antibiotic resistance. Here, using rectal swabs from 1,371 children receiving treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Niger, ...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
𝗠𝗦𝗙 is looking for a medical doctor to lead the #AMR program in #India This includes strategic, clinical and research activities. Check it out! msfindia.zohorecruit.in/jobs/Careers... @msf.ca #MedSky #IDSky
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MSF - AMR Clinical Lead in Bangalore / Delhi
MSF 1. JOB PURPOSE Provide clinical leadership to the AMR program to achieve the program objectives from Delhi / Bangalore Lead and manage clinical HI
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Overwhelming evidence of the catastrophic public health crisis in #Gaza This #Genocide should not continue www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #medsky #episky #conflict #war @msf.ca
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Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The true nature of the civilian suffering in #Gaza : 70% of war injuries were from explosive weapons. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan.... #Medski #Episky #conflict #amr @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social @msf.ca
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War wounds caused by explosive weapons in Gaza: data from a 2024 study by Médecins Sans Frontières
As of July 23, 2025, Israel's military assault on Gaza has killed over 59 219 Palestinians, wounded an additional 143 045, and displaced nearly all of the 2·1 million people who live there.1 Triangula...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
#Neutrality doesn’t mean political silence Humanitarian action must be rooted in political and historical awareness, not only technical aid www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... @newhumanitarian.bsky.social @msf.ca #episky #medsky #aidsky #socialjustice #HumanitarianAid
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What the spread of the “great replacement” conspiracy theory means for humanitarian aid
As racialised narratives increasingly determine how and where NGOs can operate, humanitarians must embrace a more politically informed approach to their work.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Please don't let this be true: the UK government couldn't possibly consider cutting funding for one of the major organisations working in the field of treatment resistant bacteria...could they? Surely they wouldn't do something that short sighted...would they? bsac.org.uk/closure-of-t...
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Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🔬✈️🌍 Wanna lead research on infectious diseases at @msf.ca ? Appy and join us! msf.lu/en/oradvisor... #medsky #idsky #microsky #episky #humanitarian
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Operational Research Advisor (f,m,x) — Association d'aide médicale humanitaire — Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg
A one-year contract with the possibility of extension. Based in Luxembourg
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Esther van Kleef @esthervk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Great ID modelling opportunity to aim for real impact on mitigating and monitoring AMR in sub-Saharan Africa. You'll work closely with us @ox.ac.uk, and Oxford’s Modernising Medical Microbiology group, as well as collaborators at CRUN (Burkina Faso) and KWRTP-KEMRI (Kenya). tinyurl.com/mry25kxe
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Epidemiologist
Epidemiologist for modelling AMR transmission in LMICMore than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute e...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The ECDC is giving free training on this package: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/index....
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The ECDC is giving free training on this: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/enrol/index....
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The new version of R for AMR is ready! 🧫 Automated antibiograms 💻 Integration to WHONET 🧪 Updated CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints 💡 Free amr-for-r.org #biostatistics #episky #Statistics #AMR
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Antimicrobial Resistance Data Analysis
Functions to simplify and standardise antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data analysis and to work with microbial and antimicrobial properties by using evidence-based methods, as described in <doi:10.1863...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🔬🌍 If you are a 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 who wants to help others while traveling,𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 needs you! www.orthosurgeon.msf.org/en/job/micro... #hiring @msf.ca #microsky #sciencesky #AMR
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Microbiology Mobile Implementation Officer
Microbiology Mobile Implementation Officer, Medical, NGO, Humanitarian Job, MSF Belgium, Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A powerful image to 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 civilians affected by #conflict and the healthcare workers trying to 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 them #War must end. But while it continues, civilians and medical staff must be 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 #Congo #Gaza #Syria #Sudan #Ukraine #Yemen 💡 english.radio.cz/we-need-be-o... @msf.ca #humanitarian
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Happy #InternationalNursesDay!! 🎉 And thank you for your essential contribution to the health of the patients! 😍
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Less than 7% of people with severe infections in resource-limited settings get the antibiotics they need—leading to preventable deaths. Improving equitable access to effective antibiotics must be a global priority. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #equity #AMR #AMS #medsky #microsky #idsky
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Estimated undertreatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in eight low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
Infections caused by CRGN bacteria are likely to be significantly undertreated in LMICs. To close this treatment gap, improved access to diagnostics and antibiotics, strengthening of health systems, a...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
At the #ESCMIDGlobal in Vienna, @msf.ca presented key research on #AMR: 🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC 📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria 🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan 💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza 📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique Thank you! #medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
@msf.ca is at #ESCMIDGlobal talking about #AMR! Pass by our booth to know more about our work! #Viena @escmid.bsky.social
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@msf.ca continue to fight #cholera in #Yemen In 2024, the country faced over 250,000 suspected cholera cases and 861 associated deaths. The threat continues in 2025. This preventable disease should not cost lives! #HumanitarianCrisis #PublicHealth #mesky #microsky #episky #vaccination #wash
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In Maiduguri, #Nigeria, #AMR sepsis is killing children with #malnutrition @msf.ca is fighting back with IPC, AMS & D&S - but this crisis won't end without food security and holistic health programs #medsky #microsky
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I think so! :)
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Urinary tract infections #UTI are a major health issue, especially for #women While #AMR is rising, cases like this— 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 fully susceptible to antibiotics—are becoming less frequent Urgent action is needed to preserve effective treatments! #WomenHealth #AntibioticResistance #medsky
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🚨 Love science, advanced data analysis, and making a real impact? 🚨 We're hiring! 📊🌍 My team is looking for a 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 and an 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 Join us! msf.lu/en/oradvisor... msf.lu/en/conseille... @msf.ca @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social #medsky #episky #aidsky #idsky
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Operational Research Advisor (f,m,x) — Association d'aide médicale humanitaire — Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg
A one-year contract with the possibility of extension Based in Luxembourg
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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Volume 2 of the #AMR Starter Pack is here! go.bsky.app/EUY2FUJ Follow these amazing people along with those in Vol. 1 go.bsky.app/KkZfvrh And don't forget to pin the Antimicrobial Resistance feed to get all the AMR posts in one place bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
#Gaza
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯 Admission 19 days ago Sampling 11 days ago Finally: 𝙋𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙞 pneumonia (PCP) 🧫🩺We NEED faster #diagnostics Luckily, the combo included Soltrim trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole #GlobalHealth #fungalinfections #AMR #MedSky #idsky #microsky #fungi
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
👑👑👑I hope you all were very nice, and may the Three Wise Men bring you everything you wished for 🎁🎁🎁This year, I’m wishing for #peace, universal #vaccination coverage & affordable point-of-care #diagnostics 🐫🐫🐫Will I get them? #AMR #fungalinfections #medsky #microsky #Gaza #Sudan #Haiti #Ukraine
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Exactly—this isn't really a diagnosis, just a lab finding... That’s why the empiric treatment with soltrim, meropenem, and fluconazole was continued on this immunodepressed patient. We’re still treating blindfolded, aren't we?
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Thank you! I'll keep you posted!
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
🌍The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings 🧪 #AMR is a priority for @msf.ca We need context-adapted approaches to protect the most vulnerable 🔗 www.msf.org/broken-lens-... #MSF #AntimicrobialResistance #HumanitarianSettings #GlobalHealth #medsky #episky #microsky #SDG
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The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings | MSF
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
The Christmas cocktail no one wants: 22 Dec: Piperacillin/Tazobactam 26 Dec: Meropenem+Linezolid 28 Dec: Negative cultures→ Meropenem+Soltrim +Fluconazole A nightmare—we need faster & better #diagnostics #AMR #fungi #bacteria #fungalinfections #science #GlobalHealth #SciComm #MedSky #publichealth
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
🎉A year of photos with @msf.org 🗺️These capture the amazing work, resilience and human connection that makes #MSF so special 💚Which one is your favourite? I love the #HP team's radiant smiles in Kebbi, #Nigeria www.msf.org/year-picture... #humanitarian #SDG
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A Year in Pictures 2024 | MSF
MSF teams around the world continued to respond to crises in 2024. Our Year in Pictures offers a glimpse into the work carried out by our teams in over 75 countries over the past 12 months.
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Pilar Garcia-Vello @pilargvello.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
750,000 #AMR deaths could be prevented each year in #LMIC with known interventions: -Higher #IPC standards -Universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services -Universal coverage of priority pediatric vaccines #SDG #OneHealth onehealthtrust.org/publications...
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