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RT @MSFsci In a clinical trial by @DNDi and collaborators, a rapid and sustained clearance of the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite (which causes Chagas disease) was observed in all patients on a regimen of fexinidazole.
Full study article in @CIDJournal ⬇️
#BeatNTDs
@COR_NTD Check out the new solicitation for proposals from @NIH and @CDCgov for Small Business Innovation Research
RT @TrachomaControl Trachoma disappeared from most parts of Australia when living conditions improved. This included reducing overcrowding, improving housing & access to health services. Learn more in our #IndigenousPeoplesDay blog. https://t.co/vAJBvfdcxd #beatNTDs https://t.co/XXDxhJrBJi
RT @TFGH The @WHO's #NTDroadmap2030 provides a blueprint to ensure no one is left behind. It will play an important role to achieve and sustain #trachoma elimination among indigenous people in Australia. #IndigenousPeoplesDay https://t.co/9EmRTsoYcz
@TrachomaControl @UniMelb https://t.co/zK3mFqQrbR
RT @UKCoalitionNTDs Better testing boosts leprosy response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#leprosy #DRC #beatNTDs
RT @MedVet_Ent @LSTMnews @PIIVeC @TitoTresorMT Now we have @Lass_Koala discussing his research on the prospects for developing efficient targets for the xenomonitoring and control of Simulium damnosum s.l., the major vectors of onchocerciasis in Africa https://t.co/CODiU3gees
#MVEVectorBio
RT @ActNTDsWest The @WHO has posted a new resource on standard operating procedures for supply chain management of health products for #NTDs.
To access: https://t.co/0SyARXx7ao
#BeatNTDs
RT @sci_ntds ⏳ The 5 August deadline for the 2022 @iCHORDS_COP Mentorship Program is fast approaching! The program supports the development of the next generation of #NTD professionals.
Join as a mentee or mentor - more details 👉 https://t.co/TI0FsQQrpf
#BeatNTDs https://t.co/2Z9ST5SDOh
RT @AmericanLeprosy Our director of #research & innovation, Dr. Chaitanya, works with @CamBiochem's Blundell Group. Last year, the Blundell Group used AlphaFold to study #leprosy proteins: a key to finding treatments!
#NTDs #beatNTDs #science #technology
@COR_NTD La faisabilité d'utiliser des messages texte pour capturer des données, entre autres nouvelles sur les MTNs
@COR_NTD La viabilidad del uso de mensajes de texto para capturar datos, entre otras noticias de ETDs
@COR_NTD A viabilidade do uso de mensagens de texto na captura de dados, entre outras notícias sobre DTNs
https://t.co/Hk1z6miLwy
@COR_NTD The viability of utilising phone-based text messages in data capture and other NTD news
https://t.co/Hk1z6miLwy
RT @sci_ntds Great to see more research being done in this area. @LilyNazreth, @NaayzZacharia et al's paper on urogenital #schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in southeast #Tanzania https://t.co/lDHAnehn2P
#BeatNTDs #GetSchistoDone
RT @TrachomaControl Mass drug administration (MDA) is a pillar of the SAFE strategy to #endtrachoma. New research assesses the coverage and factors influencing MDA uptake among adults in Goro district, Southeast Ethiopia, which has 40.4% prevalence of active trachoma. https://t.co/VL4rosRyRY
RT @BIRAC_2012 Call deadline to submit your proposals is extended for 5th August 2022, 5:00 pm under under GCI-BIRAC call on "Diagnostics for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD)-Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)'.
To register & submit the proposal please visit-https://t.co/HKsX8SkORc https://t.co/6HgIpkBuO3
RT @worm_papers Impact of preventive chemotherapy on transmission of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Pemba Island, United Republic of Tanzania, 1994-2021 https://t.co/pOCLaunJ3Y
RT @IDDOnews #ScienceReadForSunday: ‘Affordable artificial intelligence-based digital pathology for neglected tropical diseases: A proof-of-concept for the detection of soil-transmitted #helminths and Schistosoma mansoni eggs in Kato-Katz stool thick smears’
#schisto
https://t.co/zL3V98O2IC
RT @elimin8schisto Want a great weekend read?:
In this week's @bugbittentweets Dingase Kumwneda highlights how research such as the MORBID-FGS study is looking at the impact of #FGSchisto on #WomensHealth
#Schistosomiasis #BeatNTDs https://t.co/N83hj6n47U
RT @iCHORDS_CoP We are excited to launch the 2022 @iCHORDS_COP Mentorship Program. Join us as a mentee or mentor as we support early career researchers, students, and young professionals in the field of NTDs and social and behavioural sciences.
Deadline: Aug 5th, 2022
@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
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