Thank you for an awesome week
Was so great to meet you "in real life" (not just twitter) and be inspired by the incredible field epi and lab work you do world wide #GHS2022
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Dr. Mikaela Seymour (Kelakiyato)
@mik594
Global Health | Forbes U30 Asia |Australian AMA Jnr Doctor of the year 2018| 
Balimo, Papua New GuineaJoined June 2014
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🗣️Feedback is essential - if community members input into EBS they need to know it will be analysed and a response occurring. Regular meaningful feedback and training for participants required for success
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Excellent point from regarding Monkey Pox and the potential inequitable application of PHEIC declarations pending spread in HIC vs LMIC settings
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As @alexandraphelan told me:
"It is unjust and unethical to determine an event is only extraordinary if it is now occurring in high income countries, but rather than not declare a PHEIC, it underpins how the current criteria are not appropriately tailored"
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Does anyone in UNICEF, WHO or ICRC know where the Haemoglobin Color Kits can be purchased?
Needed for rural and remote health patrol in PNG
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In this study in , & team analyzed the editorial boards of 591 environmental sciences and public health journals
Most editors are men and people in HICs
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48% of drug injectors hesitant against C19 Vax. Great work by determining the spectrum of hesitancy
Characteristics of resistance
👱young age
🏘️unstable housing
👩⚕️GP attendance
Most likely to change behaviour = TRUST > convenience
#CDIC2022
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New vaccine introduction has large and ongoing budget impacts.
COVID vaccination could increase cost by up to 2-12 times normal EPI modelling from PAHO
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In LMIC settings record keeping is difficult, and paper based. Very difficult to assess impact or vaccine coverage change when the baseline is unclear
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Despite being available for 20 years almost 70% of children in the Asia Pacific do not have access to the pneumococcal vaccine
Cost is the largest barrier to this inequity
#CDIC2022
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Measles outbreak in Samoa, Tonga and Fiji predictable with 20 years of fluctuating Vax coverage in Measles outbreak after action review
But poor surveillance and immunisation registrys make it difficult to identify at risk populations
#CDIC2022
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Accessibility essential for high risk priority groups
- vaccines on weekend
Preparation and planning for children with disability involving the child made a positive difference
Care givers are motivated but have concerns that need to be addressed with good communication
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Only 42% of 5-11yos vaxxed for C19 compared to 96% of 12-15yos
Serious impact for families and child care/education settings
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Twitter saves the world?
Historic tweet sharing the genome sequence of the wuhan outbreak of sars cov2 in Jan 2020
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The issue with the MBS is the better the job you do,the longer the time you invest in your patients, the less you earn. This punishes good GPs, it severely punishes female GPs. GPS are leaving the profession. We must act now.
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Everyone always asking where is the med reg and never how is the med reg
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Apply for the Grant for your chance to receive funding of up to GBP 5000 to attend in Nov, and the opportunity to publish a full paper in BMJ Global Health at no cost. bit.ly/3mtoi66
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"more than three quarters of the global health workforce are women, it was frustrating to see they were less than a quarter of chief decision makers at the recent World Health Assembly" high risk to ♀️ front line workers during COVID but no seat at the table
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The gap between health haves and havenots is widening. For some, there is an opportunity to help
Mikaela Seymour describes her experiences working in Global Health
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#meded #medstudents #juniordoctors #FOAMed #medtwitter #medstudenttwitter #tipsfornewdocs
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Thank you for reaching out to ask me to write about careers in #GlobalHealth for Aus doc's.
Disease does not respect national boundaries, it's important medical training looks at regional and international solutions
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PNG’s new health plan: “Leaving no one behind is everybody’s business” | Di Brown, Kylie McKenna, Michele Rumsey
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This 🙏🥺
#PNG
#NGO_RuralHealth
#ApperciateRuralHealth
Appreciate civil society and NGOs in your country.
They do what the govt can not do.
If only govt can work closely with CSO's, sadly that's not normal practice. It's only their yes, you can work in my prov and that's it.
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Relieved to see church health services funding increased by 70% but will it be enough to save closed rural health centres?
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“Taken as a whole, this year’s boost to the #PNG health budget is a welcome change from the status quo,” conclude @AlyssaLeng and @stephenrhowes.
devpolicy.org/pngs-increased
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Dr also provides a great explanation as to why variant and subvariant testing is not straight forward in the Pacific
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Once again Dr provides a clear explanation of new and emerging challenges facing the Pacific with COVID19 👏
Specifically she breaks down the epidemiological evidence vax continue to prevent death and serious illness in PNG
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Progress on COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the Pacific, as of 21 March 2022.
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We're looking for a Project Officer to play a crucial role supporting the COVID-19 Positive Results Hotline, providing real time support for remote Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander applicants only.
📨careers.pageuppeople.com/841/cw/en/job/
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Whilst the evidence is old, prevalence of G6PD in PNG could be anywhere between 1-15% making the risk of haemolytic anaemia concerning
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Excited to see this option available as it will increase the likelihood of treatment completion for Vivax infections
In remote locations lack of G6PD testing makes use of this clinically and ethically challenging
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Exciting news from our @centrehealthsec partner @MedsforMalaria this week in the fight to #EndMalaria as @TGAgovau approves a new, single-dose treatment for the cure of P. vivax #malaria in children 
@GSK twitter.com/MedsforMalaria…
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Exciting news from our partner this week in the fight to #EndMalaria as approves a new, single-dose treatment for the cure of P. vivax #malaria in children 💊 ✨
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#PRESSRELEASE: @TGAgovau has approved single-dose Kozenis developed by MMV & @GSK for children with P. vivax malaria. This is the first approval by a stringent regulatory authority for this new formulation. Read more: bit.ly/3w4YJOI
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#PNG's Covid-19 National Control Centre has released this analysis as it tries to boost the country's incredibly low vaccination rate.
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"Be polite" by
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This is one of our most read humanities articles and a truly eye-opening and honest recounting of what racism looks like in our EDs.
#Emergencymedicine #MedTwitter #racism
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