This week we celebrate 10 years of redeLEISH in Rio de Janeiro! 🇧🇷

This network brings together experts from Latin America to increase collaboration & info-sharing for cutaneous #leishmaniasis . Over 70 collaborators from 12 countries joined the VIII Plenary Meeting on 21-22 May.

Meet Adam, Dan, Aidan, and Bonnie from the
Schistosome Snail Resource team, they provide live schistosome stages and #Snails as hosts for crucial schistosomiasis #Research . In partnership with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and funded by Wellcome. Learn more 🔗 nhm.ac.uk/our-science/re…

📢Please join #ISNTDConnect this week & find out all about the important research at Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology on #trachoma & the interplay between #gender and #trichiasis case finding #Tanzania
👉May 24 | 13:00 UTC
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Good news!

Through our partnership with Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, we're continuing to help advance global knowledge around health and neglected tropical diseases by publishing two more special collections of Sightsavers research. Read the story 👇
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A major World Health Organization (WHO)-led review has highlighted an urgent need for research to better understand the effects of climate change on #malaria and #NTDs , and build effective mitigation strategies.
Read the paper here: bit.ly/3wIqtM3
#ClimateChange #BeatNTDs #endmalaria

A major review, led by World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with @rlmglobalhealth, has highlighted an urgent need for research to better understand the effects of climate change on #malaria and #NTDs and build effective mitigation strategies.
Read more here 👉 bit.ly/4bvsDh6
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Exciting news! The WHO Task Team, led by Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FFPH launched a major review on climate change's impact on #NTDs & #malaria . We need urgent research to protect our progress. Check out the findings and share! 🌍🌡️ #ClimateChange #NTDs #Malaria #GlobalHealth #WHO

Our #Regional #Training Course on #Genetic Population Studies was a testament to the dedication of all tackling #Tsetse fly challenges. The comprehensive program contributed to innovative strategies and interventions, improving Tsetse control and #eradication .
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️
World Health Organization (WHO)

Would you like to learn more about the effective approaches Civil Society Organisations use in the fight to #BeatNTD ?

Register now and Join the discussion tomorrow

🗓️Thursday, May 23. ⏲️1.00 pm GMT, 2.00 pm CET.

Click here to register👉 cbm-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Large heterogeneities in average #dengue force-of-infection is seen both across and within countries. These new estimates can be used to improve our understanding of the drivers of the heterogeneity in dengue transmission globally.

Ilaria Dorigatti

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Attending #WHA77 next week? Please join us for this collaborative Side Event and networking breakfast on #dengue #chikungunya #yellowfever #arboviruses with World Health Organization (WHO) MSF International The MENTOR Initiative and regional / Member States perspectives
👉May 30 | 8:30-10:00
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.Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases announces Executive Director Thoko will be moving on having led Uniting for 10 years. She will be joining the Gates Foundation. We would like to thank Thoko for all her incredible hard work. Read more:
unitingtocombatntds.org/en/news-and-vi…
#UniteActEliminate to #BeatNTDs

I have 26 new followers from USA, UK., and more last week. See fedica.com/!ISNTD_Press

If you missed our webinar yesterday on Arbovirus outbreaks in West and Central Africa: a wake-up call, the recording is now available: bit.ly/3yoEwXB

More details: bit.ly/3JI2Ciu

Thanks to everyone who took part & asked so many interesting questions!

ISNTD Miguel Angel Chavez Fumagalli, PhD University of South Carolina Beaufort The ISNTD Rocks!

If you're attending MSF UK Scientific Days on May 16, be sure to say hi to our Journal Development Editor Hannah Harwood attending on behalf of PLOS NTDs with editors from PLOS Medicine & PLOS ONE. Can't make it in-person? Virtually register at plos.io/4bdcoFg #MSFsci

A great presentation today from our Academic Editor Professor Ahmed Hassan Fahal at MSF UK Scientific Days sharing results from a phase 2 trial improving treatment for eumycetoma patients in #Sudan . Read more from Dr. Fahal and colleagues in this recent article plos.io/3wH1R6f. #MSFsci

ISNTD The D'Antonio Laboratory University of South Carolina Beaufort Thanks for the opportunity to show to the world the work on #drugdiscovery against #NTDs we are developing at the Computational Biology and Chemistry Research Group in #Arequipa #Peru

👏A big thank you to Miguel Angel Chavez Fumagalli, PhD UCSM #Peru & The D'Antonio Laboratory University of South Carolina Beaufort for taking us behind the scene in their #labs . Some take home messages ranged from ensuring a supportive culture in labs & the need for improving processes to share compounds internationally #ISNTDConnect

🎥And we're live! We Take a Walk on the Lab Side and discover the fascinating research in NTDs #drugdiscovery from Miguel Angel Chavez Fumagalli, PhD UCSM #Peru and The D'Antonio Laboratory University of South Carolina Beaufort #USA #VL #Chagas #Rabies isntd.org/isntd-connect