Vaccines have untapped potential to help stop antimicrobial resistance (AMR). 🧵 [1/4]

Rapid bacterial identification and resistance detection using a low complexity molecular diagnostic platform in Zimbabwe Background Sepsis is a major cause of mortality in low-resource settings. Effective microbiological culture services are a bottleneck in diagnosis and surveillance. Aim We aimed to evaluate the perf...

Molecular cartridge based diagnostics have been a game changer for TB diagnostics - why can we not do the same for blood cultures?
Please see our newest publication in collaboration with FIND, Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, the NMRL & @thruzim.bsky.social

PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Infectious diseases burden and antibiotic prescribing patterns among primary care patients in Harare, Zimbabwe – a cross-sectional analysis Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) continue to experience a high burden of infectious diseases and disparities in access to and use of antimicrobials, yet data on antibiotic prescribing in outpat...

Our manuscript on antibiotic prescriptions in Harare is out Many consultations in primary care result in antibiotic prescriptions highlighting the need for better access to healthcare and diagnostics journals.plos.org/globalpublic... @KatharinaKranz4 @ThruZim @TomDarton1 @rudo_chingono @JustinD_902

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