Today in Tokyo, a strategic dialogue by #UnitingEfforts – an initiative by UN Development-led @ADP_Health, GHIT Fund (グローバルヘルス技術振興基金) & Japan – brought together key stakeholders, including Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium partners, to prepare for equitable introduction of the new treatment option for paediatric #schistosomiasis .

Just out: World Health Organization (WHO) e-course on the management of TB in children and adolescents focusing on interventions and programmatic implementation considerations along the cascade of TB care and prevention
openwho.org/courses/TB-chi…
Kerri Viney Tereza Kasaeva Farai Mavhunga Tiziana Masini

We're looking for a fantastic #predoctoral #researchassistant to work with us in Malawi & Zimbabwe to improve #neonatal health. An opportunity for early career researchers to develop a competitive PhD application in #global #childhealth . Closing on 21 May.
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Infected blood: 100s of victims living with undetected hepatitis C

If you think you might have had a blood transfusion in the 1970s, 80 or 90s and have any concerns about your health, you can request a free NHS hepatitis C test at hepctest.nhs.uk bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

SCIENCE: An orangutan in Indonesia was observed treating a facial wound with a medicinal vine, marking the 'first systematically documented case of active wound treatment with a plant species' by a wild animal, according to Scientific Reports.

#LiverTwitter please circulate this survey about when to start #hepatitisB treatment 👇

#EndHep #NOhep #HepCantWait

Fantastic to see Giuseppe Indolfi highlight #hepatitis at the Penta - Child Health Research network meeting 👏🏽

With deaths due to viral hepatitis rising, we must ensure #children are not left behind and get access to effective treatments.

#HepCantWait #EndHep #NOHep #BetterMeds4Kids

Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for #TB in its most common forms does not improve outcomes. But the USA requires people who did not get in-person DOT to wait 1 year until they can immigrate. We can do better. I wrote this about DOT StopTBUSA We Are TB doi.org/10.1080/001872…

#WeAreinPuglia for the Penta - Child Health Research network meeting

Starting with an overview of Penta activities and new directions.

#PentaBFA

Want to learn about the paediatric dispersible formulation of #rifapentine for #tuberculosis prevention and making it accessible for children globally?

Join this webinar tomorrow.

Register here 👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#TB #EndTB #StopTB #access2meds

The next #WorldHepatitisSummit will be held in Thailand 🚀🚀🚀

Dr. Thongchai Keeratihuttayakorn, Director-General of the Disease Control Department, Thailand welcomes everyone to Thailand in 2026!

#IntegrateAccelerateEliminate #HepCantWait

And it's a wrap!

Closing the #WorldHepatitisSummit with a statement from indigenous and community representatives and the summit statement.

#HepCantWait

Instead of asking questions on whether we can reach our targets by 2030, we should ask ourselves how we can reach our targets by 2030. The same goes for financing. We should focus on how we can finance viral #hepatitis instead of asking if we can finance it.

- Charles Gore of

Prof Saeed Hamid presented approaches to #HBV prevention of mother to child transmission #PMTCT as a cornerstone of #elimination . We have the tools, and new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines support wider prophylaxis.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance World Hepatitis Alliance #WorldHepatitisSummit
jhep-reports.eu/article/S2589-…

Eid mubarak!

If you're at the #WorldHepatitisSummit join us at 11:30 in the foyer for a celebration during the cofee break 🌙

Calling all early birds at the #WorldHepatitisSummit .
Join us in the small meeting room at 8 for a GAP-f session on #hepatitisC treatments for children.

Look forward to sharing our work on improving access to #BetterMeds4Kids

#IntegrateAccelerateEliminate