Prof Sam Kariuki, BVM, MSc, PhD, DSc (Hons, LSTM)
@EADirectorDNDi
@DNDi Eastern Africa Director. Passionate about research in tropical medicine, especially infectious diseases, neglected diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
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Recently, Simon Bolo met the VL teams at Moroto Regional Referral Hospital & St Kizito Matany Hospital, Catholic mission, Napak District in 🇺🇬 where a new treatment for visceral #leishmaniasis started.
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative continues to leverage on partnerships to deliver treatments for #NTDs .
How to achieve stunning, cinematic #storytelling for tropical diseases? Ilan Moss shares invaluable insights at #ISNTDFestival , including from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative 's stunning 'Out of the Shadows' and 'The Kissing Bug Doctors of Florida' #filmsemi
📽️ youtube.com/Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiativeConnect
The Phase II clinical trial for an all-oral treatment for #leishmaniasis has commenced in 🇪🇹 Ethiopia. The new molecule called LXE408, is expected to be safer than the current treatment.
We are grateful to all our partners for the support. Read more 👉bit.ly/3xJjzGo
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✨FIQ 130 illustrates how patients like Jorge have been living with the stigma of the disease.
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
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 🇰🇪 🇫🇷
