How ready is the world for the next health threat? @ProfIAbubakar, Vice Provost (Health) at @ucl, discussed regional health disparities, the safe use of AI in public health, and global health equity with #NextGen, contributing to solutions for shared health challenges.

Thanks @MayorofLondon for highlighting the pioneering work at @UCLHD Huntington’s Disease Centre in your opening remarks at #LondonLifeSciencesWeek this morning. Great to see @ProfIAbubakar on a panel showing how universities like @ucl drive discovery @MedCityHQ @londonpartners

"Having tools on the shelf is not the same as getting them into the hands of the people who need them."

Peter Piot and @ProfIAbubakar on why the UK must step up to support global multilateral efforts to tackle disease
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📍Must-read in @TheLancet: Undoing progress through sudden #tuberculosis funding cuts. Powerful call to action from the current & former Chairs of @WHO‘s Strategic & Technical Advisory Group on #TB - @EthelMaciel @ArielPablos @ProfIAbubakar thelancet.com/journals/lance…

🌍 #Africa can still control its ongoing #Mpox outbreak, but this requires strong leadership and concrete actions, says #endvoc leader @ProfIAbubakar (@ucl) and colleagues.

Read more here.👇
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Thank you, @ProfIAbubakar for the presentation at the launch in Abuja. Your insightful remarks beautifully captured the essence of #AnImperfectStorm: "If you're interested in leadership & strategies for building strong partnerships & resilient health systems, this book is for you

For those attending @GlobalOHC 8th World One Health Congress in Cape Town 🇿🇦 this week, do check out our findings on how tick species are driving CCHF virus spillover events in Uganda 🇺🇬

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In one week, the book “An Imperfect Storm” by Dr @Chikwe_I and @VIhekweazu will be launched and made available in bookshops in Nigeria, on Amazon.com and more... Anticipate!!

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Here is the 33rd Joint @LSHTM - @RoyalStatSoc Perspectives on Statistics in Medicine Annual Lecture in 33 seconds 😜

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"We must ensure that we are doing science that impacts European and global health", says @ProfIAbubakar, @HorizonEU #ENDVOC project leader, at the Consortium Meeting.

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"The reception [of] migrants across the EU often entails criminalisation, persecution, and health harms": writing in @TheLancet, @ProfIAbubakar @UCLGlobalHealth & co-authors call for a "rekindling of humanity" in Europe's approach to migrants.

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"The reception [of] migrants across the EU often entails criminalisation, persecution, and health harms": writing in @TheLancet, @ProfIAbubakar @UCLGlobalHealth & co-authors call for a "rekindling of humanity" in Europe's approach to migrants thelancet.com/journals/lance…

A great @Genevaforum Day on Migration, Health and Equity for the launch of the @LancetRH_Europe special issue released the same day and co-authored by our @MIGHCommission members! Please join us!
@PoojaJha2015 @severonis @rosiejames96 @FLAHAULT @UNIGEnews @ProfIAbubakar

‘“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I’m very sorry, but I don’t have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model.”’

Paul Taylor (@paul3548) on the paper AI wrote:

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With INB9 in train, @TheGPMB Co-Chair @KolindaGK has called with other eminent voices for leaders of WHO Member States to drive a successful Pandemic Agreement: bit.ly/3x6RY1E. This follows a letter from GPMB & other leaders: bit.ly/3w14m2q. #PPPR

New job at UCL Institute of Health Informatics @UCL_IHI in generative AI as applied to health

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Join us for the UCL-Lancet Lecture 2024 with Professor Linda Villarosa titled "Under the Skin: Understanding the Toll of Race and Inequality on the Health of People."
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.@ProfJoyceHarper kicking off today’s #UCLWomensHealthWeek panel event which will explore the importance of exercise for women’s health, and key information about what women need to consider.

Today marks the start of #UCLWomensHealthWeek!

Hear from Professor Anna David (@PrenatalTherapy), @UCL_IfWH Director, as she shares more on why women's health is important. 👇

#GlobalHealth #Menopause #Cancer #Fertility @ucl @womensday #IWD2024

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