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@COR_NTD Kudos to the study team from the Ministry of Health and Social Development in Mali on a great first week of data collection to measure the prevalence of schistosomiasis
Photo credit: Stella Kepha and Oumar Coulibaly https://t.co/oD97Lxjvva
@COR_NTD Lancement du mentorat MTNs pour les femmes africaines en l'honneur du Dr Mwele Malecela, entre autres nouvelles de MTNs
@COR_NTD Mentoría de ETDs para mujeres africanas en honor de la Dra. Mwele Malecela se lanza, entre otras novedades sobre ETDs
@COR_NTD Programa de mentoria em DTNs para mulheres africanas em honra a Dra. Mwele Malecela é lançado, entre outras notícias sobre DTNs
@COR_NTD NTD Mentorship for African Women in Honour of Dr. Mwele Malecela Launched and Other NTD News
RT @PedPZQ Following workshops in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya in February and March, the social science data collection in Uganda was successfully launched earlier this month through a two-day workshop at Makerere University in Kampala 👉 https://t.co/utXXiQ5MHC
#schistosomiasis #globalhealth https://t.co/vhZouVRHxz
RT @GHS Thanks to @CombatNTDs, @WHO, hundreds of partners and pharma, >600 million people are no longer at risk of contracting a neglected tropical disease.
But we still have a lot to do to build a world where people suffering from NTDs are #NeglectedNoMore. https://t.co/WbIIBonnDU
RT @Idpbmc2012 This study reports the prevalence, intensity and risk factors for #schistosomiasis and #STH infection in #Huambo, #Uige and #Zaire provinces, #Angola, to inform a school-based preventive chemotherapy program.
https://t.co/rUMS0umhDq
RT @WHOSEARO #Indonesia 🇮🇩 is heading towards eliminating schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever disease, which is one of the oldest and most debilitating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
To know more read : https://t.co/4b4PN546mq
#beatNTDs https://t.co/UqGSfGq2GM
@COR_NTD WHO launches a strategic framework for integrated control and management of skin-related NTDs and other NTD News
@COR_NTD "Despite progress, #malaria and #NTDs continue to thrive. We cannot allow half the world to continue to suffer from preventable and treatable diseases. At the #KigaliSummit leaders will commit to ending #malaria and #NTDs, and save millions more lives."
RT @TFGH @cbmWorldwide @USAIDGH
RT @USAIDGH NEWS from the #KigaliSummit: @USAID announced it has signed the Kigali Declaration—a landmark tool to put attention and resources towards ending Neglected Tropical Diseases. #BeatNTDs https://t.co/4n4P84rb20
@COR_NTD @COR_NTD Innovation Lab deadline extended to June 24!
Have a new, recent development of a strategy, technology or tool with the potential to help NTD programs? Apply to showcase your innovation to hundreds of researchers, donors and program implementers.
RT @Cochrane_IDG New #Cochrane Review: Interventions to improve water, #sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil‐transmitted #helminth infection @Cochrane_IDG #CochraneEvidence
https://t.co/QZg4TIiMeM
RT @neo_papers Prevalence of active trachoma and its associated factors among 1-9 years of age children from model and non-model kebeles in Dangila district, northwest Ethiopia #NeoPapers #neoTwitter https://t.co/WChMOE7tHL
RT @TrachomaControl Implementing MDA campaigns in refugee camps requires careful planning to ensure that interventions are delivered ethically and safely. Learn how The @CarterCenter is supporting Sudan to work #withRefugees and #endtrachoma. #beatNTDs https://t.co/cKcKsHaURZ https://t.co/FVSnkSiH8l
@COR_NTD @USAID Congrats to the team!
Poppy Lamberton & Elías Kabbas-Piñango @UofGlasgow
Adriko Moses & Arinaitwe Moses @MinofHealthUG
Joaquín Prada @UniOfSurrey
Govert van Dam & Lisette van Lieshout @UniLeidenNews
René Paulussen & Theresia Abdoel Mondial Diagnostics
@COR_NTD Congrats @USAID grant recipients!
Research to improve recPOC-CCA tests reliability and interpretation for #schisto in endemic countries
@COR_NTD Congrats @USAID grant recipients! Research to improve tests for monitoring and evaluation of #schisto
Bonnie Webster @NHM_London
Steffi Knopp @SwissTPH
Fatma Kabole MoH Zanzibar
Said Ali Public Health Lab Zanzibar, Tanzania
Silvia Mesquita @fiocruz
@COR_NTD Announcing @USAID grant recipients for development of new diagnostics to eliminate #schisto morbidity
RT @NTD_NGOs Do you have innovative solutions to #BeatNTDs, integrate NTD priorities within #HealthSystems; & empower national programmes for sustained ownership? Submit your workshop proposal for #NNN2022
https://t.co/hl2BxTJ3uR
#GlobalHealth #UHC https://t.co/lH40mcMHZy
RT @science_seattle The first patient has been dosed with a #vaccine 💉 for the tropical disease #schistosomiasis, also called snail fever, developed by Pai Life Sciences and being performed at @KPWaResearch.
📰 Via @GeekWire: https://t.co/nYSnjyNBMt
RT @NTDResearch Female genital schistosomiasis been grossly neglected, causing women to experience debilitating and stigmatizing ill-health. Increasing awareness of FGS is necessary for all, especially healthcare providers, to improve diagnosis, management, and treatment. https://t.co/W3QFF1DuPz
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