Ghina Mumtaz
@Ghinamum
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Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut #FHS_AUB. Infectious Disease Epidemiologist. Research interests in HIV, STIs, and HCV.
Lebanon
Joined July 2012
Our study published in Lancet HIV describing the status of the HIV epidemic in Key Populations in the Middle East and North Africa and indicating a trend of emerging HIV epidemics in different countries 👇 @FHS_AUB @AUB_Lebanon @TheLancetHIV @UNAIDSMENA
https://t.co/N9VBm6uPVW
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Check out our new publication in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine providing the first comprehensive characterization of the epidemiology of syphilis in the Middle East and North Africa. @eClinicalMed @FHS_AUB @AUB_Lebanon @WHOEMRO @Laith_AbuRaddad link:
thelancet.com
Syphilis prevalence in MENA is comparable to global levels, emphasizing a considerable yet often overlooked disease burden with implications for reproductive health and social well-being. The...
0.5% of the general population in MENA is infected with syphilis, indicating a substantial yet overlooked disease burden, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis published July 29, 2024 in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine. 👉 https://t.co/c6TnUBnBdi
@Ghinamum #FHS
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🆕📢JOB ALERT! Postdoctoral research fellow vacancy @ITMantwerp in the field of HIV and sexual health. Is this you? - Clinical background - PhD - Strong profile in epidemiological research methods - French - Passion for teaching https://t.co/wTvs9fDkOh Deadline May 16th
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Amazing couple of days spent with an inspiring global public health scientist - Thank you Jeff for visiting us, it is such an honor!
Love and peace from American University Beirut, an amazing faculty and beautiful city!
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Very excited to have Prof. Klausner deliver a seminar at AUB this Friday! Join us in person if you are around or on zoom 👇 @drklausner
Join #FHS_Seminar with Dr. Jeffrey Klausner to know more about the barriers and the facilitators to #policy and the role scientists and advocates can play in reducing the high rate of #maternal and #infant #mortality. #AUB #FHS_Webinar #FHS 👉 https://t.co/n9NNzwwWcG
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I suddenly can't find COVID-9 vaccination coverage data in Lebanon on Impact dashboard anymore 🤨 Anyone knows where I can find this data?
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The result is 41 statements and 57 recommendations across six major areas: communication, health systems, vaccination, prevention, treatment and care, and inequities. Top 3 approaches for a better #Covid19 future: 1. Whole-of-society 2. Whole-of-government 3. VaccinesPlus
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Very proud to be one of 386 multidisciplinary experts who authored this @Nature global #COVIDconsensus paper on how to end the #COVID19 pandemic as a #publichealth threat which launched TODAY @ https://t.co/xudIGiHixV Thx to @JVLazarus for leading this incredible effort!
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📢🆕 We are hiring! Do you want to join our enthusiastic and productive research group or do you know someone who should see this vacancy? We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow in Sexual Health - check out the details here: https://t.co/wRPjCNuXmS
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A sobering piece by @SashaFahme, as Lebanon records its first cholera death today. Cholera epidemic: War and the weaponisation of water https://t.co/H1zCbOkdCX via @the_newarab
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Several countries in the Middle East including Lebanon, Syria and Yemen are facing unprecedented outbreaks of cholera. Sasha Fahme explains how this is directly linked to conflict and climate change,...
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Cholera and the social and political determinants of health...
Cholera - a disease we know how to prevent and know how to treat - still spreads, still takes lives. This will be the reality of climate change, of the pandemicene It's not just novel diseases, but it's the thousand fires at once in a world distracted, the vulnerable at risk🧵
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Always proud of my sister at heart @HChemaitelly who won the best oral presentation at #IUSTI2022 for her work on STIs among female sex workers in MENA @IDEGQatar
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So lucky to have her as collaborator and dear friend, fighting together STIs in the MENA region @SashaFahme #IUSTI2022 #RefugeeHealth
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Thrilled to be meeting old friends at #IUSTI2022 sobering talk by Dr Ghina Mumtaz on neglected forcibly displaced populations - particularly in the protracted phases of conflict - often forgotten by international community
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Amid an increasing #HIV prevalence among key populations in the #MENA region, HIV response indicators remain far below global targets for #prevention, testing, & #treatment. What do we know? What can be done? Check out this review & know more https://t.co/XKIPfDgB5r
#AUB #FHS
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Dr. Kanj, a true role model and inspiration
سهى كنج.. لبنانية تحصل على جائزة "التميز للمرأة العربية" | نجاحهن سكاي نيوز عربية @AUBMC_Official @AUB_Lebanon الصديقة والزميلة المتميزة دائماً # lebanon #excellence#
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New Review: Status of the HIV epidemic in key populations in the Middle East and north Africa: knowns and unknowns by @Ghinamum and colleagues https://t.co/CGMkNElBZU
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