Disaster preparedness is not sexy but MUCH more effective than throwing resources at acute interventions after the event Music to the ears of @LucyGoBag Also need to rapidly prioritise access to water sanitation and vaccines #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023ambassador

ESPIDception. @RhedinSamuel @ESPIDsociety #espid2023 #espid2023ambassador

@ESPIDsociety #ESPID2023Ambassador #espid2023 Forgotten wisdom session about to start!

Now hearing about child immunisation since the pandemic 💉 50 MILLION children missed their primary series of vaccination HPV particularly hit due to school closures 😞 This is an absolute emergency 🚨 #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023ambassador

With @asgeirhar and @acunningID at the @ESPIDsociety dinner! #espid2023 #ESPID2023Ambassador

Measles is the canary in the coal mine Huge drop in children receiving first and second doses Already outbreaks in the UK - huge outbreaks and many deaths elsewhere Devastating illness - this is a BIG concern for paediatricians #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023ambassador

Younger physicians prescribe shorter courses! Education works! @ESPIDsociety #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023Ambassador

ComCov3 study of heterologous or fractional dosing of covid vaccines in children Pfizer vaccine given at 1/3 dose as second dose was no different to giving full dose Novavax as second dose gave significantly higher neutralising antibodies #ESPID2023Ambassador #ESPID2023

And now starts the debate. With a nice Foto of Dr. Kawasaki. #ESPID2023Ambassador #espid2023 @ESPIDsociety

@ESPIDsociety twitterati taking selfies for Twitter! #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023Ambassador @nigeltwitt @amcvanrossum @CihanPapan @apsmunro @AnechkaMD @RhedinSamuel

Results of PIMS-TS/MIS-C arm of RECOVERY for children Needed complex Bayesian analysis High probability of benefit of steroids over standard of care - but not for IVIG Strong signal for Tocalizumab 2nd line (N too small for Anakinra) Big news #ESPID2023Ambassador #ESPID2023

@drjfcrodrigues the way you presented at @ESPIDsociety was so informative and entertaining! Great cases, great discussion! #espid2023 #espid2023ambassador

After bumping into a million brilliant and lovely people, I’m now catching up on the Young ESPID session on Kawasaki disease! Lots of challenges still remain, lots of opportunities for research #ESPID2023Ambassador #ESPID2023

@apsmunro on social media and medicine! Great title don't you think @nigeltwitt ? @ESPIDsociety #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023Ambassador

Alastair Munro of NIHR Southampton BRC speaking today at ESPID #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023Ambassador

Poll closed. Good old steroids won. Great debate! Looking forward to what future guidelines will include! #ESPID2023Ambassador #espid2023 @ESPIDsociety

Inspiring to hear of Kenya having such a resilient vaccination programme even during the pandemic 🇰🇪 Includes roll out of new malaria vaccines - really amazing stuff! #ESPID2023 #ESPID2023ambassador

Great Talk from Robert Read, editor of the journal of infection. The pandemic had a massive impact on the whole publishing sector! @ESPIDsociety #espid2023 #ESPID2023Ambassador

At @ESPIDsociety #espid2023 @ShamezLadhani is talking about current epidemics and the impact on children. #espid2023ambassador

Starstruck again - meeting one of many @ESPIDsociety heroes @nigeltwitt Nigel Curtis at the espid booth! #ESPID2023 #espid2023ambassador