Russell Stothard
@stothardruss
Medical parasitologist and malacologist, editor-in-chief of Parasitology (@Jnlparasitology) and pumphandle band drummer pumphandleband.co.uk!
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Moving onto #FGschisto at the British Society for Parasitology Autumn Session, we look at gaps in knowledge, funding & resourcing, diagnostics, & more, before looking at case studies from Malawi🇲🇼, Zambia 🇿🇲& Cameroon🇨🇲. #Schistosomiasis #BeatNTDs @
Powerful words from Margaret Gyapong that highlight global commitments to ensure progress towards elimination of NTDs - and how FGS and MGS is part of this vision British Society for Parasitology COUNTDOWNonNTDS Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
A big question with answers start to appear - FGS and cervical cancer - Prof Downs discusses latest evidence on mucosal cancer pathways of the carcinogen S haematobium Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Check out BMC blog by Tiem van der Deure Modelling suggests #climatechange may shift #schistosomiasis vectors - expansions into Europe and changes in Africa. We need better surveillance to track outbreaks PREPARE4VBD blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024… #BeatNTDs
John Snow not only persuaded the authorities that factory fumes were not the main source of disease, he also famously convinced them to remove a handle from the contaminated Broad street water pump in 1854. 170 years to this very day 💫✨. St Paul's Way Trust School #Cholera #Schoolhols
Welcome to TJ Odom as our social media editor for ParasitologyJnl - his associated QnA blog is here cambridge.org/core/blog/2024…