I’m delighted and honoured to take a new role to lead WHO’s efforts to control and end Neglected Tropical Diseases #NTDs . Communities at center and partners together! Let’s #EndNTDs !

🚨The AU & Rwanda have signed the Host Country Agreement on the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). The Agreement was signed by Ministry of Health | Rwanda, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, & AU Commissioner for AU Health,Humanitarian Affairs&Social Development H.E. Minata Samate. - nepad.org/microsite/afri…

Kicking off the World Health Organization (WHO) #NTD meeting with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus & Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FFPH #StrongerTogether To achieve better health we need to deliver on the 3 strategic shifts of the NTD roadmap; a focus on impact, a move to integrated programmes & most importantly a shift to country ownership

And we have a lift off of the #globalntdpartnersmeeting !: Stronger together for a country-owned health system approach to #endingntd2030

Day 1 of the Global #NTD Programme Partner's meeting. Strong start w Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus & Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FFPH demonstrating World Health Organization (WHO) commitment to translate advocacy to action to #beatNTDs. This is an important opportunity to reset & realign the many strong partners across these 20 diseases.

Support the three shifts advocated in the road map for #NeglectedTropicalDiseases: more impact-focused action, more cross-sectoral approaches, and more country ownership towards sustainability. #StrongerTogether #Towards2030 #EndingNTDs2030 #EndingtheNeglect

End #NeglectedTropicalDiseases with stronger country leadership, more cooperation among partners to bring coherence to interventions, more funding, more R&D and more strategic advocacy in support of the #NTD road map 2021–2030. #StrongerTogether #Towards2030 #EndingNTDs2030

#WHO is proud to convene global and local stakeholders to #Geneva on 12–13 June for the Global #NTD Programme Partners’ Meeting. #StrongerTogether #Towards2030 #EndingNTDs2030 #EndingtheNeglect

The Global NTD Program Partners’ Meeting is underway in #Geneva, bringing together more than 200 partners to celebrate wins, overcome barriers, and catalyse new and better strategies for elimination, in support of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s 2030 #NTD roadmap. #StrongerTogether #EndingNTDs2030

Stronger together towards ending Neglected Tropical Diseases #StrongerTogether #EndNTDs #WHO

I was very happy to start my day with partners helping us to #BeatNTDs. My asks: 1. Shift from process to impact 2. Shift from disease-specific approaches towards integration & cross-cutting interventions 3. Shift from externally-driven programmes towards country ownership

How to make progress when one has to deal with 20 neglected tropical diseases and the funding is limited ? The panel yesterday suggested to work on similarities rather than on specificities in a health system approach #endntdby2030 - Lots of wisdom in the room!

What does sustainability look like for NTD programmes - some guiding principles from USAID - most importantly we need to recognise that these activities take time to develop & implement #Toward2030

Successful recently finished 21st Regional Programme Review Group and National Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme Managers’ meeting in EMR countries. #StrongerTogether #BeatNTDs

Dr Socé Fall attended the recently finished 21st Regional Programme Review Group and National Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme Managers’ meeting in EMR countries. #StrongerTogether #BeatNTDs

"Addressing NTDs is not only a fight against the diseases but a broader battle against systemic poverty, improved access to healthcare, sanitation & education. Together, let us shape a future where no individual is neglected, and all flourish in health and wellbeing" #BeatNTDs

But of course! Our Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn

"I am very thankful and supportive of the Africa #YoungInnovators4Health Award that significantly contributes in the achievement of our common goals through tangible and intangible support to African entrepreneurs" Dr. Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FFPH, Director, Neglected Tropical Disease World Health Organization (WHO)

17th meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Technical Advisory Group on Neglected Tropical Diseases. An honour to be joined by the Nigerian Ambassdor (middle, front row) who gave a powerful presentation on the proposal to include #Noma in the #WHO NTD list, led by Nigeria & 30+ countries