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Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
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    Drug-resistant infections are a global problem. They’re a threat to our health, livelihoods, healthcare systems and national economies. However, the weight of this burden is not felt equally. Not even close. ⤵️🌍 [1/3]
    Drug-resistant infections threaten us all—but not equally. A world map with regions coloured in various shades of red indicates the number of deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2019. The darkest shades of red show that South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, east Asia and Oceania have the highest number of deaths associated with AMR. High-income countries, as well as Latin America, the Caribbean, Central Europe, eastern Europe, central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, are notably lighter in colour – showing the lower burden of deaths associated with AMR. A footnote shows the source of information as 'The Lancet, Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019 report'.
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    Looking for mental health funding? We’re awarding up to £7 million each to teams developing scalable digital interventions to intervene early in anxiety, depression and psychosis. Here’s what you need to know before you apply ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-funding/…
    Elena Netsi, Research Lead in Digital Mental Health at Wellcome, says: "Our goal is to support digital interventions that can be used in real-world settings, from healthcare and workplaces to schools and homes."
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    When you talk about science, are you sure the words you are using don't mean something different to others? Here are five examples of scientific lingo to use with caution ❗️
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    When you talk about science, are you sure the words you are using don't mean something different to others? Here are five examples of scientific lingo to use with caution
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    "Vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic" 💬 @DrTedros Rich countries must donate spare #Covid19 vaccine doses to #COVAX - and tell us how and when 🎥 ⤵️
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    📢 Big news: We’re proud to welcome @JuliaGillard as our new Chair! During her time as Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia navigated the global financial crisis, education reforms and improvements in healthcare. She joins us in April 2021: wellc.me/3bwssSX
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    Drug-resistant infections are a global problem. They’re a threat to our health, livelihoods, healthcare systems and national economies. However, the weight of this burden is not felt equally. Not even close. ⤵️🌍 [1/3]
    Drug-resistant infections threaten us all—but not equally. A world map with regions coloured in various shades of red indicates the number of deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2019. The darkest shades of red show that South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, east Asia and Oceania have the highest number of deaths associated with AMR. High-income countries, as well as Latin America, the Caribbean, Central Europe, eastern Europe, central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, are notably lighter in colour – showing the lower burden of deaths associated with AMR. A footnote shows the source of information as 'The Lancet, Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019 report'.
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    Wellcome and anti-racism update: In June 2020, Wellcome publicly recognised that it had perpetuated racism and pledged to tackle racism as an organisation. Unfortunately, we’ve fallen short of the commitments we made. 1/10
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    New analysis from the @royalsociety shows just how high UK visa costs for researchers are compared to upfront costs for similar visa routes in 13 other countries. Here, we take a look at how the UK compares to countries in the G7 included in the analysis 🔍⤵️ 1/5
    Bar chart shows the upfront costs for similar visa routes for researchers in the UK, US, France, Italy, Germany and Japan. UK costs are multiple times higher than other countries and the biggest factor for this is the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).
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    Researcher @jesswade has written 460 Wikipedia articles in the past year to help to make sure every woman who has achieved something impressive in science is recognised wellc.me/2uOEFjw
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    Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🎉 Today we're posing the question: you have the chance to collaborate with any three women, past or present, on your research. Who do you choose? 🤷🙋🏽 🤷🏿 #IWD2019
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    It started with two benches and 14 grans who were given a month’s training and a mobile phone. Now there are more than 100 friendship benches across Harare – acting as a safe place for people struggling with anxiety and depression to find help. wellc.me/2MxRhT4
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    BBC News (World) tweet with headline 'Anti-viral drug Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on coronavirus survival, says World Health Organization'
    BBC News (World) tweet with headline 'US gives full approval for antiviral remdesivir drug that will be given to Covid patients in hospitals, but the UN health agency says it has little effect'