Big congrats to the people of #KSA and the #Arab region for winning the bid to host the #2034WorldCup! For those of us in Sudan, #SaudiArabia feels like a cherished second home.
This highlights the crucial need for integrating HIV services into primary healthcare, ensuring community involvement, respecting human rights, and enacting legal and policy reforms to cultivate a supportive environment for HIV care, treatment, and support.
Nevertheless, despite these advancements, individuals in resource-limited settings continue to face considerable barriers to accessing HIV testing and related services.
HIV testing has dramatically progressed over the past forty years, notably with the introduction of rapid tests in the 1990s. The advent of over-the-counter self-testing kits and the implementation of point-of-care testing within communities have significantly improved HIV testing.
Consequently, laboratory samples had to be flown to the national laboratory in Khartoum, a three-hour flight via a small plane that operated almost daily between Bentiu and Khartoum. Initially, we used gel agar technology, & dried blood spot method—both of which were new to me in such a remote place
As the number of displaced individuals increased and the demand for healthcare heightened, the clinic evolved into a field hospital, extending its services to include treatment for chronic illnesses. We encountered significant challenges with on-site HIV testing.
Reflection on a personal commitment to #endAIDS epidemic. 1-5
Between 2000 - 2001, I was a medical doctor with @msffrance in #Bentiu, a small village in #SouthSudan, which has since developed into a town. My responsibilities included treating acute illnesses, gun-injuries, & severe malnutrition.
Tomorrow, December 1st, marks #WorldAIDSDay. We've achieved so much, yet there's still a long way to go to #EndAIDS. Let's keep pushing forward! #WAD
Young me in 2000 a clinician in #Bentiu South Sudan. I helped @msf.bsky.social opening an emergency health program. Our clinic and a therapeutic #feeding centre, that served some 60K of people who were displaced by the war.
Good news from home. #Sudan will be going to #AFCON2025. Congratulations.
UN Security Council discusses troop deployment in Sudan as violence escalates - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-security-council-discusses-troop-deployment-sudan-violence-escalates
n the shadow of many conflicts raging around the globe, an extensive human catastrophe is currently unfolding in Sudan. The country is mired in a civil war, which caused 14 million refugees, almost a third of once 48 million inhabitants. (1/5)
#Russia vetoed a UN resolution to end the war in #Sudan.
Fancy that - Russia not caring about peace!
More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.
With my #kids. We completed 2 miles #trekking #pennsylvania.
Just joined millions of @bsky.app new users. Looking forward to the exchange
