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Are you looking for a medical podcast covering every day issues in diagnostic tests, antimicrobial therapy and management of infections that is relevant to a low or middle income setting? A show that simplifies complex concepts in an easy to follow conversational format? You've come to the right place. This is Microbe Mail - a medical podcast for the busy practitioner or student covering topics in microbiology, infectious diseases and infection control. Sign up to our newsletter to receive updates on new episode releases at: https://microbemail.captivate.fm/ Contact us at [email protected]
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April 1, 2025
<p>Antimicrobial resistance has become one of healthcare's biggest challenges, and in the fight against AMR getting the right drug, the right dose, right indication and the right route is everything. In this episode, we’re exploring the critical role clinical pharmacists play in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). Join Nonks, the latest microbe messenger to take the mic, as she talks to seasoned clinical pharmacist <strong>Ama Annor</strong>.</p><p>About our Guest: </p><p class="ql-align-justify"><strong>Ama Sakoa Annor</strong>, is a committed and proactive pharmacist who is trained in comprehensive pharmaceutical care for paediatric patients. She holds an MSc (Med) in Clinical Pharmacy and a DPharm Candidate with six publications.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">She is currently working at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital as a ward pharmacist, stationed in the paediatric medical and surgical departments. She is a member of the hospital’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics, AMS, ADR Committee and other sub-committees.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">She is also affiliated as a mentor with the Clinical Pharmacy Division of the School of Pharmacy of the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. </p><p class="ql-align-justify">She has a passion for rational antimicrobial use and is privileged to be one of the mentees in the Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's Hospital - South Africa Train-the-Trainer program in the Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in 2019. Two of the end products are the recent publications: </p><p class="ql-align-justify"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107158" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Prospective antimicrobial stewardship interventions by multidisciplinary teams to reduce neonatal antibiotic use in South Africa: the Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship (NeoAMS) study”. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2024-06 | Journal article. </a>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107158</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae222" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Defining and responding to the contextual drivers for implementation of antimicrobial stewardship in 14 neonatal units in South Africa”; JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 2025 Vol. 7 Issue 1 </a> </p><p class="ql-align-justify"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae222" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae222</a></p><p class="ql-align-justify">Facebook: Ama Sakoa Annor</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Linkedin_ama_sakoa-annor</p><p class="ql-align-justify">X: @ama_sakoa_annor</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Instagram: amasakoa</p><p>Also listen to this: <strong>Episode 6: A is for antimicrobial stewardship</strong></p><p><strong>WE'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS EPISODE – </strong> </p><p>Visit the Microbe Mail <a href="https://microbemail.captivate.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> to sign up for updates </p><p>Follow on:</p><p><u>Instagram</u>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/microbe_mail?igsh=MWo4NGVpcDJ4d3M2Zw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microbe_Mail</a></p><p><u>X/Twitter</u>: <a href="https://x.com/microbemail?t=DBBAVuqPh9bh7VhrVpKJwA&s=09" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@microbemail</a></p><p><u>Facebook</u>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/microbemail?mibextid=ZbWKwL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MicrobeMail</a></p><p><u>Tiktok:</u> <a href="mailto:https://www.tiktok.com/@microbe.mail?_t=8k6FtWzw2uj&_r=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMehs22o/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">microbe.mail</a></p><p>Watch this episode on our new <u>YouTube channel</u>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Microbe_mail-YT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microbe Mail</a></p><p>E-mail us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer"
March 4, 2025
<p>Vaccinations play an important role in both our individual and community health. They help to prevent serious and sometimes deadly diseases by strengthening our immune system. But in recent years this cost effective method of disease prevention has come under the spot light, drawing attention to some myths and misconceptions. </p><p>In this episode, <strong>Dr Anne von Gottberg</strong> dives into the importance of vaccinations, how to handle missed vaccines, vaccine dos and don'ts and recent changes in the Extended Programme onIimmunzation(EPI) in South Africa.</p><p>About our Guest: </p><p><strong>Dr Anne von Gottberg</strong> is currently the laboratory lead at the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Associate Professor within the School of Pathology, Faculty of the Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; and Honorary Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town. She leads a laboratory team responsible for reference diagnostics for respiratory and meningitis pathogens nationally and regionally. The laboratory is the regional reference laboratory for the World Health Organization (WHO) Vaccine-preventable Invasive Bacterial Diseases (VP-IBD) Coordinated Global Surveillance Network for the southern African region; a National Influenza Centre (NIC); and a global WHO RSV and regional SARS-CoV-2 reference laboratory. She is currently a member of several committees and technical advisory groups for AFRO, Africa CDC and WHO. Her main interests include surveillance for meningitis and respiratory pathogens, assessing vaccine effectiveness where relevant. She has authored or co-authored more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, she supervises a number of Masters and PhD students. Dr von Gottberg obtained her MBBCh and PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand, and trained for her specialisation in clinical microbiology (FC Path[SA] MICRO) at the National Health Laboratory Service (former South African Institute for Medical Research) and at the University of the Witwatersrand.</p><p><strong>WE'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS EPISODE – </strong> </p><p>Visit the Microbe Mail <a href="https://microbemail.captivate.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> to sign up for updates </p><p>Follow on:</p><p><u>Instagram</u>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/microbe_mail?igsh=MWo4NGVpcDJ4d3M2Zw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microbe_Mail</a></p><p><u>X/Twitter</u>: <a href="https://x.com/microbemail?t=DBBAVuqPh9bh7VhrVpKJwA&s=09" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@microbemail</a></p><p><u>Facebook</u>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/microbemail?mibextid=ZbWKwL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MicrobeMail</a></p><p><u>Tiktok:</u> <a href="mailto:https://www.tiktok.com/@microbe.mail?_t=8k6FtWzw2uj&_r=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMehs22o/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">microbe.mail</a></p><p>Watch this episode on our new <u>YouTube channel</u>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Microbe_mail-YT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microbe Mail</a></p><p>E-mail us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p>
February 11, 2025
<p>This episode gives a nod to the show's history while also hinting at the variety of topics discussed. A Journey Through the Microscopic World – Highlights from some memorable episodes</p><p>Episodes featured in this recap:</p><ul><li>EP 49: No spleen, how mean! - Asplenia_ <strong>Antibiotic prophylaxis</strong></li><li>EP 59: What's all the buzz about_ <strong>Malaria diagnostics</strong></li><li>EP 33: Would you rather, the antibiotics version_ <strong>Empiric therapy for community acquired meningitis</strong></li><li>EP 50: HIV in the USA _ <strong>Diagnosing HIV in the USA</strong></li><li>EP 58: Findings from FIDSSA part 2_ <strong>Rabies update and outbreak response </strong></li><li>EP 44<strong>: </strong>Highlights from the PathRed Congress 2023 - Part 1_<strong>Emerging viral infections</strong></li><li>EP 62:<strong> </strong>Myco-moments: Interviews from the 4th AIDS-related Mycoses Workshop: <strong>The immunology of Oral candidiasis</strong></li><li>EP 61: "Prescription Ice cream" Book review and interview: <strong>Advice to young medical doctors and students</strong></li><li>EP 53 :<strong> </strong>Appropriate use of β-lactam - β-lactamase inhibitor combinations _<strong> Rapid genetic testing, know your syndromic antibiograms, and diagnostic stewardship</strong></li></ul><br/><p><strong>WE'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS EPISODE – </strong> </p><p>Visit the Microbe Mail <a href="https://microbemail.captivate.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> to sign up for updates </p><p>Follow on:</p><p><u>Instagram</u>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/microbe_mail?igsh=MWo4NGVpcDJ4d3M2Zw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microbe_Mail</a></p><p><u>X/Twitter</u>: <a href="https://x.com/microbemail?t=DBBAVuqPh9bh7VhrVpKJwA&s=09" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@microbemail</a></p><p><u>Facebook</u>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/microbemail?mibextid=ZbWKwL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MicrobeMail</a></p><p><u>Tiktok:</u> <a href="mailto:https://www.tiktok.com/@microbe.mail?_t=8k6FtWzw2uj&_r=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMehs22o/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">microbe.mail</a></p><p>Watch this episode on our new <u>YouTube channel</u>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Microbe_mail-YT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microbe Mail</a></p><p>E-mail us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p>
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