The global #mycetoma burden is still unknown.
Results from the first-ever double blind, randomized clinical trial for fungal mycetoma by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative & Mycetoma Research Center found that fosravuconazole is safer, tolerated & effective.

Read more in this piece by nature bit.ly/3JnPheK

This year, the Global Mycetoma Working Group, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention will launch a 2-year global #mycetoma surveillance project in 14 countries to contribute to the enhanced roadmap. #InnovatingTogether #BeatNTDs

Cutaneous #leishmaniasis affects over a million people worldwide. In Africa, it is highly endemic in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia & Eastern Africa.

This comic strip by Helô D'Angelo✨leia SÓ COM A GENTE illustrates how patients like Jorge have been living with the stigma of the disease.

The Global #Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE) will be hosting a webinar about Ghana's success in the control of onchocerciasis.
Globally, over 19 million people are infected. #beatNTDs

🗓️ 18 April, 2024
🕰️ 15:00-16:30 EAT
🔗 Register➡️bit.ly/3JkWhZW

The #Chagas film premiered yesterday on #WorldChagasDay .
Super proud of Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative & Emerging Pathogens Institute for partnering on this exciting venture.

Globally, there are over 6 million living with Chagas disease. Watch the 📽️ 'Kissing Bug Doctors of Florida' here 👇🏾 bit.ly/Kissing-Bug-Do…

Climate change isn't just an environmental issue; it's a health crisis.

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, & shifting humidity are fueling the spread of #NTDs into new areas, undoing years of progress.

Watch Simon Bolo's interview with CGTN Africa bit.ly/3WcHGaT

Have you registered for today's REVIVE webinar with Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP), Roche & Uppsala University?

Join the conversation on the criteria and challenges of progressing a #drugdiscovery project. #AMR #antibiotics Register➡️bit.ly/3U9hEn8

🗓️9 April, 2024
🕰️3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EAT

Yesterday was #WorldHealthDay
Sadly, over 1 billion people worldwide are affected by #NTDs & many lack access to essential health services.

No one should be excluded. Access to health care is everyone’s right, even if their disease does not turn a profit. #MyHealthMyRight

On International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, we're remembering our 🇰🇪 charity run to raise awareness of #NTDs

We commit to continue engaging with communities to develop treatments that best serve the people who need them. 🤝

#IDSDP #IDSDP 2024
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We applaud the work done by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative over the past 20yrs. Partnership & Innovation are at the heart of addressing neglected diseases. New ailments like Dengue & Leishmaniasis arising from climate change call for #OneHealthSolutions 🇰🇪 🇫🇷

Today the team is in Desse 🇪🇹 visiting #mycetoma patients at the Boru Meda General Hospital.

Patients from the region & as far as the South Western part have been travelling to access treatment at the facility. #beatNTDs

Thank you FrenchEmbassyKenya for hosting us. It was a great honour, and we look forward to more future engagements.

In our fight against NTDs, we are now faced with new threats like climate change and old threats of domestic animals, which are reservoirs, providing persistent re-infection. That's why we are now focused on the one-health approach to help us overcome this challenge. #onehealth

'No one can learn about DNDi's work & remain indifferent. I've been to West pokot & saw the incredible work they are doing to tackle leishmaniasis. If we put our energies together, we can help them eradicate these NTDs.' French ambassador Arnaud Suquet at DNDi's reception.

Fighting #NTDs requires innovation for more effective, available and affordable treatments, better suited to the needs of patients. We'll be at FrenchEmbassyKenya at 6pm EAT tonight to share how we're working to make this a reality. #InnovatingTogether

The preparation for the #mycetoma epidemiology studies in Ethiopia is ongoing.

Dr. Borna Nyaoke-Anoke, Mercy Mumo, Nick Kisengese & Wendemagegn Enbiale are this week meeting with potential research institutions in mycetoma endemic regions. #InnovatingTogether #beatNTDs

Congratulations 𝔻𝕣. 𝔸𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕆𝕘𝕨𝕖𝕝l - FAPH on this well-deserved appointment as Vice President of Global Health Strategy United Nations Foundation.

We look forward to the continuous collaboration in advancing global health initiatives to achieve #OneHealth .

Last week I was in Brussels with colleagues to discuss medical innovation & access to medicines at the EU-AU high-level event.

Thank you to our partners for the meaningful dialogues on boosting medical research for neglected patients. #InnovatingTogether

There is need to prioritize research & development for medicines, vaccines, & diagnostics for climate-sensitive diseases.

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative developed a four-pronged roadmap on health, climate, & the environment, committing to address this #climatecrisis . #beatNTDs ⬇️bit.ly/43z2UB8

19 million people live with #RiverBlindness , an agonising parasitic disease spread by blackflies that breed in fast-flowing rivers. #WorldWaterDay

We're working with the research consortia HELP and eWHORM to find new treatments: dndi.org/diseases/filar…