Grateful to ISNTD for providing a platform to discuss our comic book! We feel it can reach its full potential through more exposure✨Excited to see where it goes!! #ISNTDFestival Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh NIHR Global Health Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases Sian Price Innogen Institute Gates Foundation Africa

We thank Professor Mutapi for her insight, advice and leadership to date and we're excited to work with her in this new role. #BeatNTDs

'Ending NTDs is a global good & global best buy. Uniting to Combat NTDs works hard to mobilise resources & political will to end NTDs. I am delighted to be contributing to their efforts though this new position as they work towards delivering the WHO NTD Roadmap Targets'- Prof FM

Join us for #ISNTDFestival tomorrow! #Schistosomiasis focus in several sessions including the newly launched #comic 'Mission Bilharzia 101' by Tiba Partnership
👉Apr 23-24 (online)
👉isntd.org/isntd-festival

Thrilled that our The University of Edinburgh Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh College of Science and Engineering, Edinburgh Uni Innogen Institute TIBAZim tiba_tanzania health education comic in 3 languages is featuring @ this ISNTD meeting! NIHR Global Health Sian Price Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases -we engaged children & artists in endemic countries in its productions

Never too late to dance and sing to the #WorldNTDchallenge !! 💃🏽💃🏽 Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases. Nice moves from University of Pretoria’ health faculty deputy Dean Tivani #BuildingBackFairer Thompson and WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti

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Excited to join the #ISNDFestival next week, the 7th annual showcase exploring creative approaches to communicating about tropical & infectious diseases ➕ the urgent shifts needed to make #ScienceCommunication more inclusive.
23-24 April
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P.I.G is excited to be hosting Dr Olubayo's seminar next week. Her topic will be on Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa. All are welcome!
🟠When: 23 April 2024
🟠Time: 12PM
🟠Venue: Honours room 2, Ashworth Labs, King Buildings

Recently, Prof Mutapi attended a meeting to launch the Dengue Roadmap report which we contributed to at COP28. That same day, tourists were cautioned about Dengue spread in Spain! This threat, underlines the need for proactive measures + global cooperation bit.ly/3xGdFGd

A person-centred, integrated approach to primary health care is the cornerstone of #UHC & one which has at its centre #MyHealthMyRight .

On #WorldHealthDay , watch Austin Demby, Sierra Leone's 🇸🇱 Minister of Health, on how this approach is implemented in the country 👇🏿

'Florida reported 10 cases of leprosy every year between 2002 and 2014. This rose to 29 new cases in 2015. There were 15 new cases in 2023,' AfroAchiever Dr. Francisca Mutapi, the Deputy Director of
Tiba Partnership, tells Newsweek
Read more 👉 bit.ly/43r1icP #BeatNTDs

Recently, Dr. Francisca Mutapi, the Deputy Director of the TIBA Partnership, shared her experience as an expert in infectious diseases, and more specifically, her experience working to end schistosomiasis in Africa. Learn more about her story bit.ly/3v73MAg

The resurgence of #leprosy in the U.S., notably in Florida, underlines the ongoing relevance of #NTD s even in Western countries. COVID-19's impact on health services has hampered #NTD control and surveillance, contributing to rising cases globally.
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Exciting news! 🌟Mackenzie Moore, a former PhD student who completed a lab rotation with us, has just released her first book 'Outbreak Atlas' on outbreak preparedness and response, a topic of public interest since the 2020 global pandemic.
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Today marks the first-ever #WorldChagasDiseaseDay ! Despite being treatable and preventable, Chagas disease affects approximately 6 to 7 million people worldwide, with the majority of cases occurring in Latin America.
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'@who now recommends that preschool children be treated for bilharzia [ #schistosomiasis ). I calculated this means 50 million children aged five and younger are now eligible for #bilharzia treatment' - Dr. Francisca Mutapi of Tiba Partnership
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Are you interested in applying to the Global Advanced Fellowship? Attend our webinar to understand what makes a good application. The session will take place twice on 23 April 2024:
🔵 9am-10am GMT
🟡 3pm-4pm GMT
Sign up to the webinar: nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-g…

And so it began - a meeting connecting old & new global change makers - so far Tiba Partnership and The University of Edinburgh on Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Infectious Diseases College of Science and Engineering, Edinburgh Uni 's PI delegate badge r the only 2 academic entities seen represented @ this hugely impactful & influential meeting Skoll Foundation

A call for securing the availability, accessibility and acceptability of #BeatNTDs interventions and health services!
#WorldHealthDay #UniteActEliminate

Visit the link below to apply for a funding opportunity with the Medical Research Council. This funding supports exceptional early to mid-career African researchers to conduct global health research across sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline is 24/04/2024.
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