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Archchun Ariyarajah @archchun

PhD candidate in epidemiology @UofT_dlsph | former epidemiologist @WHO @pahowho | infectious disease, global health, SDOH | alum @LSHTM @mcgillu

Joined April 2013
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What a journey it's been working with such an incredible team! 🙌🏾
Jayneel Limbachia, MD, MSc@jjustneel
24 Sep 2022
Humbled to have my 1st @GovCanHealth #grant paper out in @BMJ_Open! This was one of a kind #culturallyspecific #KT study that aimed to improve #vaccine confidence in #southasians from #GTHA. S/o to best co-first authors @NonPlainJane @archchun & dream team bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9…
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Very proud to have worked with such an incredible team @hellohaldane @ishaberry2 @LoutetMiranda under the supervision of @upshur_ross & Dr. Fabio Buentello-Salamanca. Thank you to @UofT_dlsph's Implementation Science Trainee Cluster!
Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown@SteiniBrown
14 Apr 2022
Congrats to the early-career researchers whose projects were honoured @UofT_dlsph's inaugural Research Day for Implementation Science! Thanks judges, @ed4socialchange @XiaolinWei for a great event! dlsph.utoronto.ca/2022/04/13…
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So nice to connect with new & old friends at #CCGH2021
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#measles serosurveys can compliment vaccine coverage and surveillance data to estimate population immunity in #LMICS. But decision tools are needed to assess when they should be used. @NSCrowcroft frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

Frontiers | Measles Serosurveys: A Solution in Search of the Right Problem

In 2019, measles garnered the world’s attention as the number of outbreaks significantly increased around the world. Over 860,000 cases were reported globall...

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Very proud and excited to be a part of this team
Jayneel Limbachia, MD, MSc@jjustneel
29 Jun 2021
Excited to share that @NonPlainJane @archchun and I along w others have been #funded by a @GovCanHealth #grant as part of the #vaccin #innovation challenge to improve #vaccine confidence in #SouthAsians -Looking fwd to this #collab! #academictwitter #firstgrant @thisisourshotca
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Isha Berry@ishaberry2
10 May 2021
A call out from the Canadian South Asian Research community for #VaccineEquity Please read our open letter published in @macleans calling our government to support #TRIPSwaiver #COVAX and #CTAP. macleans.ca/opinion/dear-pri…

Dear Prime Minister: 'The time to show leadership on global vaccination efforts is now' - Maclean...

The evidence is clear and the demand is high: Canada must support a temporary waiver for vaccines at the WTO, argue a group of 122...

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Very telling maps from @TorontoStar that show that people living in neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19 are least likely to be vaccinated. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04…
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Isha Berry@ishaberry2
7 Jan 2021
How can we best support #GlobalHealth trainees for tackling the climate crisis? @hellohaldane and I report key points raised *by* trainees *for* trainees at our @ELESHToronto workshop at the @CSIH_ conference in the latest @TheLancetPlanet 🌍🌿 thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
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Isaac Bogoch@BogochIsaac
5 Dec 2020
For those interested, this is the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) guidance document for the prioritization of initial doses of #COVID19 vaccine(s): -Long term care -Healthcare workers -Indigenous communities -Age >80, then >70 yrs bit.ly/39GimSc
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Disruption to routine immunization programs globally during the COVID-19 pandemic will put us at risk for future outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Action needed now to prevent further increases in measles and measles deaths in the coming years

Measles is a deadly disease that has killed or disabled millions of children over centuries.1 In 1980, when most children in low-income countries did not have access to measles vaccine, it was...

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Congratulations @NSCrowcroft on your new position @WHO! Sad to see you leave, but happy that the world gets to have you fight measles and rubella globally!
Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown@SteiniBrown
7 Apr 2020
Congratulations to Natasha Crowcroft (@NSCrowcroft) on her new role, @WHO Senior Technical Advisor - Measles & Rubella Control. We look forward to her continued engagement with @UofT_dlsph's Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases Centre in her new post. dlsph.utoronto.ca/2020/04/na…
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Isha Berry@ishaberry2
16 Mar 2020
What does #COVID19 look like in #Canada? @JPSoucy and I have built an Interactive Daily Dashboard and Case List to keep you up-to-date Check out art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19c… for visual analytics and #opendata
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Isha Berry@ishaberry2
4 Feb 2020
It was great to speak with @CTVNews @YourMorning's @BenMulroney this morning about #nCoV2019 and a couple of the things I’m most passionate about #epidemiology, #zoonoses, and #OneHealth! @UofT_dlsph ctv.ca/Your-Morning/Video/A-…

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Disease Outbreaks are Still a Certainty, But No Longer Uninsured tinyurl.com/ya9vr25b via @WorldBankhealth
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World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
12 May 2017
On 11 May 2017, the Min of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo notified WHO & partners of a lab-confirmed case of #Ebola #DRC
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World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
24 Oct 2016
#Polio cases worldwide: 1988: 350000 2016: 27 That’s a ⬇ of more than 99.9% #VaccinesWork! Let’s #EndPolio #WorldPolioDay
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