Valeria Gigante (@valeria_gigante) 's Twitter Profile
Valeria Gigante

@valeria_gigante

Team Lead at #WHO: coordination of R&D and priority setting to fight #AMR. Clinical Pharmacologist in #GlobalHealth. Mother of one. Tweets are my own views.

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linkhttps://www.who.int/activities/coordinating-r-and-d-on-antimicrobial-resistance calendar_today20-12-2012 13:52:33

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🦿Incredible day today at HUG - Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève for the expert group discussion on PJIs 👩🏻‍⚕️Greatful for the learning opportunity from such an amazing group of clinical experts!

🦿Incredible day today at HUG - Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève for the expert group discussion on PJIs

👩🏻‍⚕️Greatful for the learning opportunity from such an amazing group of clinical experts!
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🌎 Do you know where R&D takes place for ABs and antibacterial agents? 🧫 Over 90% ABs at development takes place in HIC (84%) and UMICs (12%) 🔬 Only 4 products are being developed in LMICs 👉 Read our full report here: lnkd.in/dU4Gnxb7

🌎 Do you know where R&D takes place for ABs and antibacterial agents?

🧫 Over 90% ABs at development takes place in HIC (84%) and UMICs (12%)
🔬 Only 4 products are being developed in LMICs

👉 Read our full report here: lnkd.in/dU4Gnxb7
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Horrifying anecdote on superbugs in Ukraine: Doctors found six XDR strains in his blood and tissues. Sequencing the pathogens...they identified a pandrug-resistant Klebsiella equipped with NDM-1 and 23 other resistance genes #AMR science.org/content/articl… via Science Magazine

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Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why? War fuels AMR and we must stop both. 👏 Read this fantastic article on by @FrancescaMari featuring Souha Kanj, Omar Dewachi, Ghassan Abu Sitta and my research work at World Health Organization (WHO) nytimes.com/2024/11/26/mag…

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"superbugs are jumping from soldiers injured in the field to civilians receiving care for conditions entirely unrelated to the war," writes Eli Cahan in a piece for Rolling Stone exploring the troubling synergies between armed conflict and #AMR . rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

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💢 Are you developing an IVD test? This is for you! 🔎 The EU committed~ EUR 13 million to speed up the development of a point-of-care IVD (results <1h) 🍄+🦠 👇 More information below 📅 Deadline : 12.05.2025 EU HERA HaDEA #IVD #AMR ec.europa.eu/info/funding-t…

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Indeed we welcome advancements in R&D to curb AMR! I hope this program will open up the way to many other innovations against difficult to treat life-threatening infections We need more investments in new antibiotics as societal commitment to global health security