Happy #AfricaDay !

We’re celebrating all the amazing people working to #BeatNTDs across Africa - from people affected & caring for loved ones, to community health workers & practitioners, NTD programme managers, researchers, youth, CSOs, philanthropists, governments & more!

We're honored to be at #WHA77 this week. Sundeep Chaitanya V, our senior director of #research and innovation, is representing the International #Leprosy Association with Patricia Deps and presenting a statement tomorrow (Wednesday).

#NTDs #skinNTDs #beatNTDs #globalhealth

Our Chair of the Board Dr Dr Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho & Vice Chair of the Board Professor Mutapi AfroAchiever met at #WHA77 to advance resource mobilisation for neglected tropical diseases

Two amazing #BeatNTDs champions ✨✨

Great to be at Devex #CheckUp #WHA77 panel on ending the neglect of NTDs

Our Exec Director Thoko shares fantastic NTD elimination successes in Togo & Mali with the common denominators of political will, fantastic community health workers & dedicated partners to #BeatNTDs

ये कीट कई छोटे लार्वा पैदा करते हैं, जो खून में घूमते रहते हैं और संक्रमण का चक्र जारी रखते हैं। ये कीट लसीका प्रणाली (lymphatic system) को प्रभावित करते हैं।

बीमारी के फैलाव को रोकने के लिए सरकार द्वारा किये गए प्रयासों का सहयोग ज़रूर करें।

#NTDFreeIndia #LFFreeIndia #BeatNTDs

Calling all researchers working in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs ? You can use our free tools, resources to support your work iddo.org/tools-and-reso…
#BeatNTDs

🫂 हाथी पाँव से पीड़ित लोग न केवल शारीरिक रूप से, बल्कि मानसिक रूप से भी कमज़ोर हो सकते हैं अगर उन्हें उचित सहयोग ना मिले।

आइये हम सभी मिलकर उनके लिए एक सुरक्षित वातावरण बनाएं और इस बीमारी के उन्मूलन में अपना योगदान दें।

#NTDFreeIndia #BeatNTDs #LFFreeIndia #MentalHealth

Find out more about The Geneva Learning Foundation's flagship event #TeachToReach 10, on 20-21 June which will focus on the critical intersection of #ClimateChange and health, with a spotlight on neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs ) 👉 bit.ly/44VIeUI
#UniteActEliminate #BeatNTDs

Increased #awareness and active search, we now have more #noma cases. From Q4 2023 till now, we have an average of one new patient per (epidemiological) week.

#Zeronoma #NomaAlert
#BeatNTDs

Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA NCDC
Nigeria Health Watch FDI World Dental Federation Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FFPH

.Thoko finishes her keynote IFPMA climate change & NTDs event #WHA77 :
“I call on everyone in this room to be an advocate, to work together to make sure the health impacts of climate change are visible to decisionmakers in order to unlock vital action & funding #BeatNTDs

A major World Health Organization (WHO)-led review, in partnership with @rlmglobalhealth, has highlighted an urgent need for research to better understand the effects of #climatechange on #malaria and #NTDs , and build effective mitigation strategies.
Read more here 👉 bit.ly/4bvsDh6
#BeatNTDs

📢 Announcing a dissemination workshop 'Social Medicine for Neglected Tropical Diseases #NTDs ,' organized by the 5S Foundation and @ESSSWA. May 31, 2024, at Ras Amba Hotel, #AddisAbaba . We will share research insights on #Podoconiosis #Scabies . #NTDs #beatNTDs 🌍🗓️

@ntdmodelling proud to have contributed to the World Health Organization (WHO) scoping review led by P. Klepac et al incl. DeirdreHollingsworth, David Smith & Cláudio Nunes-Alves. It hi-lights the need for collaborative modelling to understand #climatechange impacts on NTDs & Malaria➡️bit.ly/3UTKKWN #BeatNTDs

With your support, Daizy and Christine are now able to live their lives without the pain of trachoma!

Neglected tropical diseases can be prevented, treated and in many cases, eliminated. Help us #BeatNTDs ✊ donate.sightsavers.org/countries/gb/a…

Last year World Health Organization (WHO) convened the 1st Global Meeting on Skin-related Neglected Tropical Disease, aiming to discuss the progress and challenges of integrating control and management of skin NTDs.
Report available here: who.int/publications/i…
#SkinNTDs #BeatNTDs

Social sciences play a crucial role in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, offering insights that go beyond the biomedical lens. By understanding the social determinants, we can create targeted interventions to alleviate the burden on affected communities. #beatNTDs

#WalkTheTalk yesterday was a great way to begin World Health Organization (WHO) #WHA77 amongst many delegates🏃‍♀️
As the assembly officially kicks off today I’m looking forward to insightful talks/side events including some ft. Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases speakers showing how beating NTDs can achieve #HealthForAll #BeatNTDs

Great to be up bright & early for IFPMA #WHA77 event on accelerating action against vector-borne & infectious diseases

Our Exec Director Thoko opens with a powerful keynote setting the scene on how climate change is affecting the spread of NTDs around the world #BeatNTDs

Thank you House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders for affirming the U.S. government's commitment to #BeatNTDs with $114.5 million for USAID’s #NTD program for FY24. This funding is critical to empowering countries globally to eliminate NTDs once and for all. (1/2)

The #WHA is well underway. It's great that progress on the World Health Organization (WHO) roadmap for neglected tropical diseases will be part of the discussions. Read the report: Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2024 (who.int) #BeatNTDs