This is the second World Antibiotic Awareness Week library event that Dr Clarence Tam’s research group (you can read about them and their work on Clarence’s blog) has organised, supported by the NUS Antibiotics Awareness Fund. The aim is to increase awareness of antibiotics, bacteria, viruses, hygiene, and antibiotic resistance to young children (and their […]
The Post-Antibiotic World Essay Contest jointly organized by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Ngee Ann Polytechnic took place between 1st June and 30th August 2017. This event was more hotly contested and there were more than 50 essays submitted from both Secondary and Junior College/Polytechnic students. We were very fortunate to have 3 […]
The Antibiotic Resistance: How It Affects Us Video Contest jointly organized by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Ngee Ann Polytechnic took place between 1st June and 30th September 2017. Because there were just 11 video submissions and the quality from both Secondary School and Junior College/Polytechnic work was comparable, we collapsed both sections and […]
Putting in a plug for my colleague Dr Clarence Tam from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. This year, his team is organizing two World Antibiotic Awareness Week events at Jurong Regional Library (11th-12th November) and Marine Parade Library (25th-26th November). Do show up (especially with young children) and enjoy the events! No […]
Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State for the Ministries of Health and Transport, announced the launch of our National Strategic Plan on AMR during his address at the Public Health Thought Leadership Dialogue (PHTLD) organized by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health today. The document is available here, and broadly follows […]
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the National Adult Immunization Schedule (NAIS) yesterday. This is a welcome extension of the National Childhood Immunization Programme (into adulthood), and the amendment to allow the use of Medisave (Singapore’s compulsory national medical savings scheme) for these vaccines (up to SGD400 a year) will facilitate take up of the […]
Yesterday evening, I was privileged to be able to witness current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in action. In an event organized by the Norwegian Business Association and Simonsen Vogt Wiig law firm, Carlsen played a simul exhibition against 16 opponents at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence. The “opposition” were all chess amateurs, ranging from novices […]
We did get a number of entries (far more than I expected!) for the inaugural Antibiotic Resistance Video Contest jointly organised by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. The closing date was on 30th September (potentially late, late entries – do contact the organisers directly), and now we are […]
Had the distinct pleasure of listening to Prof Barbara Murray deliver a lecture on “Why Antimicrobial Resistance May Be A Threat To The World – Or Not” at the National University Hospital’s Grand Rounds last Friday. Prof Murray was the president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2014, and director of the Division […]
Two more weeks to the closing date of the video contest! We hope that there will be more entries, including ones that will match Deanna See’s prizewinning creation last year. Details here, for those who would like to come up with a 3-minute video clip wihin the next 2 weeks.
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