A huge bravo to all the volunteers making this mission against #rabies possible, especially the #veterinary students from the Royal University of Agriculture #RUA in Cambodia and the international volunteers from Worldwide Veterinary Service #WVS.
Yesterday, I witnessed the scale of this operation in Phnom Penh:
1. Over 100 tuk-tuks mobilized to transport #vaccination teams
2. Thousands of #rabies vaccine doses administered
3. An intense door-to-door search to reach every possible dog
4. Seamless coordination through a dedicated app
A powerful example of #OneHealth in action!
#Rabies still kills around 60,000 people every year worldwide, despite being a fully preventable disease though the #vaccination of dog populations.
Since 2023, @missionrabies.bsky.social has been carrying out massive vaccination campaigns in #Cambodia.
a bit delayed, but still hot: A phylodynamic study, conducted in southwestern France, on the importance of farm density when it comes to avian influenza spread: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @claireguinat.bsky.social @epidesa.bsky.social
Interested in showcasing your infectious disease modelling skills? Want to help hone your teams' outbreak response capabilities in a simulated peacetime setting? Registration for the first-ever HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open!
Chuffed to announce that registration for the HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open! Interested in testing your modelling team's outbreak response capabilities in a synthetic, peacetime setting? Want to contribute to the improvement of HPAI epidemic preparedness? Check out below:
🚨 Registration is OPEN 🚨
Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI!
Participate alongside other modelling teams as you:
🌍 simulate outbreaks
🧮 test management strategies
🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness
#HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics
📢 New paper out! Since Oct 2023, France has vaccinated ducks against HPAI. Outbreaks dropped sharply. We estimated 314–756 outbreaks were expected, but saw 96–99% fewer. Vaccination likely key, but other factors still to explore. doi.org/10.3201/eid3... @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
African swine fever outbreaks in pigs fell by 83% in 2023, hitting the lowest level since 2017.
The number of Member States affected by ASF declined, with Sweden now ASF-free.
Our experts recommend continued focus on passive surveillance for early detection.
europa.eu/!X6fBb8
#AfricanSwineFever
RECHERCHE - 🌍 Le projet WiLiMan-ID, financé par l’UE, lance The Deadly Five, une série de courts-métrages dédiée à 5 maladies infectieuses animales majeures, classées parmi les + préoccupantes mondialement.
🔗 urlr.me/rzQwsF
@timvergne.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social
Am looking for a highly motivated #PhD candidate to design innovative epidemiological surveillance strategies for avian #influenza in a #vaccination context, with field activities in Morocco.
Interface between #virology and quantitative #epidemiology
Apply by 30 April 2025
👉 lnkd.in/e8SXWA3U
So grateful to be part of a system that values scientific expertise for making evidence-based decisions! 🌍🇪🇺
Intense days at @efsa.europa.eu to finalise the annual report analysing the 2024 epidemiological situation on African swine fever #ASF in Europe. Released in May.
@efsa-animals.bsky.social
🔈We are hiring: postdoctoral position as part of the #TrackFLU project! Interested in fieldwork and #phylodynamics of avian influenza viruses, this is for you! Deadline: April 13th
More info at lnkd.in/dJYeeEsC
@epidesa.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @inrae-france.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Ce soir, environ 1000 personnes (my guess) se sont rassemblées à #Toulouse en soutien à #StandUpForScience.
Des cheveux grisonnants mais, à mon goût, trop peu d'étudiants, alors que Toulouse compte près de 40 000 étudiants en sciences.
En espérant que le mouvement prenne de l'ampleur !
Pour l'indépendance de la science et la lutte contre l'obscurantisme ! ✊
👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique de Donald Trump, un collectif de personnalités françaises appelle citoyens et scientifiques à rejoindre le mouvement « Stand up for Science », ainsi qu’à une journée de mobilisation nationale le 7 mars. www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
Le texte que @mariusgilbert.bsky.social et moi avons écrit il y a un mois vient de paraître dans Le Monde (avec quelques mises à jour). Nous nous inquiétions des attaques de la nouvelle administration états-unienne contre la science. Malheureusement, la situation ne s'est pas arrangée depuis...
📢 New paper out! 🦆
Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB
@envt.bsky.social
@ulbruxelles.bsky.social
@sdellicour.bsky.social
@timvergne.bsky.social our first episode guest, nominated Dr. Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt as a biosecurity champion🏅, and after much anticipation, we finally got him on the show! 🎙️
Listen to the 8th episode of BIOSECURE Podcast here: shorturl.at/dNp4b
#worththewait #biosecurity #WABA
Usually, HPAI is first detected by increased mortality in sheds. Here, day of first infection calculated, with a useful app. Data useful for contact tracing poultry and farms.
App: first-inf.sk8.inrae.fr
👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Après de longues négociations, la diplomatie sanitaire française a réussi à lever l'embargo que les Etats-Unis et le Canada avaient mis en place sur les volailles françaises, suite à la campagne de vaccination des canards contre l'IAHP ayant débuté en octobre 2023.
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Book covers and quotes from proof.kucharski.io
Excited to officially announce my new book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty, out in March (UK) and May (US) and available now to pre-order: proof.kucharski.io
It digs into the ideas we can use to weigh evidence and converge on truth under pressure - and what happens when they fail... 1/
Stunning field work picture!!! Makes me want to start another PhD. @bastienmalinge.bsky.social do you want to swap with me? :-)
#TrackFLU. Fieldwork began in Takeo, Cambodia, this January! Our team is exploring poultry markets, farms, and more. Thanks to everyone for keeping it on track! 🙌
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @institutpasteur.bsky.social. Read more: trackflu.inrae-envt.com
In the train back from #VIVACE kick off meeting in Paris vivace.hub.inrae.fr/vivace Thirteen PHD students are going to be trained and doing research on avian influenza vaccination in birds. #mariecurie. We will soon open a position in Utrecht!
"When did the highly pathogenic avian flu #HPAI virus enter the flock?"
To address this crucial question, we developed a #modelling framework based on daily mortality data of different #poultry species and turned it into an online app.
All details here:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
How to conduct #surveillance in duck flocks vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI in order to have sensitive and timely detection of HPAI virus introduction?
👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals
Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
