Farah Qamar (@farahqamar11) 's Twitter Profile
Farah Qamar

@farahqamar11

Associate Dean, AKUH, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Disease at @AKUPaedtrics at @AKUGlobal | Visiting Prof. @UniofOxford

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calendar_today10-08-2020 09:22:11

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AKU Paediatrics (@akupaediatrics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Farah Qamar OUCRU Sonia Qureshi OuCru A discussion on the challenges of the follow-up for the blood samples in the trial. Farah Qamar mentions Ramazan is a challenge as people don’t want to give blood until after the fast. So the team plans around it.

<a href="/FarahQamar11/">Farah Qamar</a> <a href="/OUCRU_Programme/">OUCRU</a> <a href="/SoniaQureshiPID/">Sonia Qureshi</a> <a href="/OuCru/">OuCru</a> A discussion on the challenges of the follow-up for the blood samples in the trial. <a href="/FarahQamar11/">Farah Qamar</a> mentions Ramazan is a challenge as people don’t want to give blood until after the fast. So the team plans around it.
Take on Typhoid (@preventtyphoid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Drug resistance is a growing global health concern🦠 #Vaccineswork against drug resistant #typhoid and other pathogens - learn more from a recent World Economic Forum article: weforum.org/agenda/2024/01…

Take on Typhoid (@preventtyphoid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More than 350 researchers and experts gathered at the 13th International Conference on #Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses in Kigali, #Rwanda! Conference presentations are available now on our website: coalitionagainsttyphoid.org/13th-conferenc…

More than 350 researchers and experts gathered at the 13th International Conference on #Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses in Kigali, #Rwanda!  Conference presentations are available now on our website: coalitionagainsttyphoid.org/13th-conferenc…
Melita Gordon (@melitagordon5) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Massive credit and kudos to Priyanka Patel, the diligent dynamo behind this important result, online in the Lancet today. Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines give durable protection for at least 4 years, across all age-groups from 9 months to 12 years old. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Massive credit and kudos to <a href="/PriyaDPatel5/">Priyanka Patel</a>, the diligent dynamo behind this important result, online in the Lancet today. Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines give durable protection for at least 4 years, across all age-groups from 9 months to 12 years old.
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
AKU Paediatrics (@akupaediatrics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"If you were putting Xynosine drops in my nose, even I'd be screaming." The secret to managing parents dealing with screaming congested kids. Snippet from Fatima Mir's talk at The Kidney Center

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Dr Junaid Iqbal is taking Pakistan’s antimicrobial resistance data to the Wellcome genomics centre at Hinxton AMR conference with Farah Qamar who is also presenting in a few hours #AMR2024 …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/antimicr…

Dr Junaid Iqbal is taking Pakistan’s antimicrobial resistance data to the <a href="/wellcometrust/">Wellcome</a> genomics centre at Hinxton AMR conference with <a href="/FarahQamar11/">Farah Qamar</a> who is also presenting in a few hours 
#AMR2024
…erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/antimicr…
Take on Typhoid (@preventtyphoid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW study from The Lancet Global Health on incidence of #typhoid fever across six African countries! Findings demonstrate the need for implementation of effective typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) along with measures to improve clean water, sanitation, and hygiene practices (#WASH)đź’§đź’‰

Florian (@drflorianmarks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Apply for the HKJC Professorship of Global Health. Focus on pandemic readiness. Apply by May 13! More info: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45942/

AKU Paediatrics (@akupaediatrics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our Typhoid hunter Farah Qamar is at The Royal Society talking about how the evidence was generated for antibiotic resistant typhoid in Pakistan which led to the introduction of the vaccine to the EPI. Perfect timing, doc! It’s World Immunization Week. 💉

Our Typhoid hunter <a href="/FarahQamar11/">Farah Qamar</a> is at <a href="/royalsociety/">The Royal Society</a> talking about how the evidence was generated for antibiotic resistant typhoid in Pakistan which led to the introduction of the vaccine to the EPI. Perfect timing, doc! It’s World Immunization Week. 💉
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (@gavi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

154 million lives saved through immunization. That’s 6 lives a minute for 5 decades. Amazing! And though you probably don’t remember the exact moment you were immunised, you’re part of this incredible achievement. Now we need your help again. Tell leaders to invest in

154 million lives saved through immunization.

That’s 6 lives a minute for 5 decades.

Amazing!

And though you probably don’t remember the exact moment you were immunised, you’re part of this incredible achievement.

Now we need your help again. Tell leaders to invest in
AKU Paediatrics (@akupaediatrics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

She's double-trouble ProfSquared! Prof Farah Qamar of AKU Paediatrics has been appointed Visiting Professor of Paediatric Infectious Disease at the University of Oxford for teaching and research for 3 years.

She's double-trouble ProfSquared! Prof <a href="/FarahQamar11/">Farah Qamar</a> of <a href="/AKUPaediatrics/">AKU Paediatrics</a> has been appointed Visiting Professor of Paediatric Infectious Disease at the <a href="/UniofOxford/">University of Oxford</a> for teaching and research for 3 years.
Take on Typhoid (@preventtyphoid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Political will, collaboration between partners, and critical investment in social mobilization are key takeaways from the #typhoid conjugate vaccine campaign in #Malawi! Read more in our brief about how this rollout can inform future integrated campaigns💉 coalitionagainsttyphoid.org/wp-content/upl…

Take on Typhoid (@preventtyphoid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Study on the efficacy of #typhoid vaccines published by The Lancet Global Health💉 According to findings, roll-out of typhoid conjugate vaccines into routine immunisation programmes in typhoid endemic settings is highly recommended thelancet.com/journals/langl… Farah Qamar RababBatool

Rashida Abbas Ferrand (@rashida_abbferr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is a world I cannot bear to contemplate - where killing of innocent people is normalised, competes for attention with other news, where certain groups of people simply do not have value, meaning or right to life … theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Dr Sania Nishtar (@sanianishtar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remote temperature monitoring across the vaccine cold chain ensures lifesaving doses are safely delivered to remote and hard-to-reach areas. With 320 freezers across 9 districts equipped with remote temperature monitoring, I saw firsthand how CĂ´te d'Ivoire is setting an

Zoya Haq (@zoya__haq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Feeling incredibly proud to share that my SUPERmom, Dr. Farah Naz Qamar, has been appointed as Associate Dean, Research for the Aga Khan Medical College. The heart of our home and a true boss woman at work👏🏻 Congratulations, Mama – your legacy grows stronger everyday🫶🏻

Feeling incredibly proud to share that my SUPERmom, Dr. Farah Naz Qamar, has been appointed as Associate Dean, Research for the Aga Khan Medical College. The heart of our home and a true boss woman at work👏🏻

Congratulations, Mama – your legacy grows stronger everyday🫶🏻