Today is #OneHealth Day. Have you heard of One Health❓ It’s a relationship between humans, animals, plants & the environment. It relies on the understanding of how human actions and policies could affect animal, plant & environment health & how it impacts humans as a result.

#OneHealth related health issues include: 🟢 Antimicrobial resistance 🟢 Environment health 🟢 Food safety 🟢 Neglected tropical diseases 🟢 Zoonotic diseases More info 👉bit.ly/40pVXRe

Please join us today for a discussion on AMR - World AMR Awareness Week. Harmonizing approaches to address antimicrobial resistance across #TB, #HIV, #malaria, #STI and #NTDs; 23 November 2023 Time: 11:30 – 13:00 CET ; Zoom registration: who.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#COP28 has been a landmark for recognizing the intimate links between the health of people and our planet. Today, World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Environment Programme and World Organisation for Animal Health are launching the Guide to Implementing the Joint Plan of Action on #OneHealth, to help countries accelerate national and local action in

Jeremy Purvis gave a passionate speech on the need for the SDGs to be at the heart of international development spend, and for the UK to become a reliable partner, pointing to the devastating aid cuts to #NTDs and health systems and noting the impact of climate change on NTDs 👇

Though football activity is the major reason for #AFCON2023,we can use such gathering of people and momentum for additional purposes that are beneficial. One of such is continent-wide #awareness of NTDs which are common in Africa. We can #BeatNTDs💯 We will #BeatNTDs 💯

Time to stop #FGSchisto from harming the lives of #Women and #Girls in #Africa - integrate #FGSchisto into #WomensHealth services #CervicalCancer #HPV #Fertility #SRHR #HIV #BeatNTDs #MaternalChildHealth #deworming

Unitaid calls for proposals aimed at catalyzing uptake of country-led and context-specific intervention packages to eliminate vertical transmission and improve maternal and newborn health. unitaid.org/call-for-propo…

Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FRCP Breaking News today 🚨 🌍 Global Report on #NTDs 2024: Working together, we make strides towards 2030! Highlights: 🎯 Progress on 2030 targets from "Ending the Neglect to Attain the #SDGs." 📉 1.62 billion still need NTD interventions—down 26% since 2010 but

Representatives of 9 East African countries and their partners met in Addis Ababa to launch a new strategic framework to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem in the sub-region.  who.int/news/item/12-0…

WHO published the revised guidelines for treatment of #humanAfricantrypanosomiasis. The interim gambiense HAT treatment guidelines (2019) recomended fexinidazole as the first oral therapeutic option. New guideleines extends for rhodesiense HAT treatment iris.who.int/handle/10665/3…

Great news! Congratulations Pakistan for achieving the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem! bit.ly/3YasUC4

In a powerful demonstration of high-level support, WHO today received nearly US$ 700 million in new funding commitments from European countries, foundations and others, and another US$ 300 million in reaffirmed commitments. Announced at the WHO Investment Round Signature Event

.World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting training for 50 primary healthcare workers in Harar, #Ethiopia. They received capacity building training on Noma & integrated skin #NTDs. This will improve case finding, diagnosis, management & prevention in #DireDawa #Harari & #Somali regions. #HealthForAll

Hydroceles, a symptoms of lymphatic filariasis, can be painful and disfiguring. Almost 800M people live in areas considered at risk for infection throughout throughout the world, while 51M people were estimated to be infected in 2018. bit.ly/3C2UCIh

#WHO is inviting experts, researchers, and stakeholders to submit their priority research questions on interventions in child health. You can take part if you are involved and interested in impactful child health interventions...

WHO published a target product profile (TPP) for trachoma surveillance. It provides the minimum and ideal characteristics for diagnostics needed by programmes to detect evidence of past and/or present C. trachomatis infection at evaluation unit level. who.int/publications/i…

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw Geneva – The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization. WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the

The measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000. Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine. bit.ly/48SAtkf

🗓️ April | 14 - The Voices of #Chagas 2025 2nd annual #webinar featuring what happens when medical providers and patients work together to advocate for awareness, testing, and treatment of #ChagasDisease. ✍️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… ➕#events 👉coalicionchagas.org/en/news-and-ev… #BeatNTDs