The UN #SummitoftheFuture is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for world leaders to forge a new international consensus for our global future. Today Mathias Duck spoke at a UN session to explain why any pact for our future has to include the 1.7bn affected by NTDs #beatNTDs

Your speakers 👥 for the launch of the supplement on mental health and stigma and NTDs in the International Health Journal of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Join us: 📅 Wed 24 April 🕒 5-6pm 📍London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & online 💻 For More 👉bit.ly/4aXuqe3

.Mathias Duck from the ILEP on why participation and inclusion of people affected by NTDs in formal research is so critical: "We need to let them take the lead. In many cases they know a way forward and they're deeply invested in it."

Laura Dean Finally, we got to hear from Mathias Duck about how “neglected tropical diseases aren’t neglected, they’re neglected people”. Very powerful words 👏🏼

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Embracing people-centred care is essential to supporting mental wellbeing of those afected by #NTDs. Read more here from Laura Dean LSTM➡️📖 bit.ly/3WUQX7s

1/6. Mathias Duck reminds us that ultimately it is the people, not the diseases, that are neglected: most are living in poverty & with inadequate living standards. bit.ly/3KC8WbM Mathias is speaking @COSP17 next week.

2/6. "Having experienced the disease, disability and associated discrimination, persons affected by NTDs have a unique voice and perspective, they bring passion to the work and take the programs closer to the communities they are designed to benefit." Mathias Duck

3/6. "If we want to truly understand diseases like leprosy, we need to put persons affected by these diseases at the centre, and talk with them - or, even better, let them talk and we listen." Mathias Duck Listen to Mathias and others speak at #COSP17 next week.👇

4/6. #COSP17 Join The Leprosy Mission International on Thursday 13 June, 10am (NY), for the side-event: "The right to work & employment for persons with disabilities in LMICs: lessons from the front line & what this means for states, the UN and civil society" Watch live webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k…

5/6. Keynote address by the UN Special Rapporteur on Disability, Ms Heba Hagrass ohchr.org/en/special-pro… followed by a panel discussion chaired by Mathias Duck Mathias Duck 👇

6/6. Panel: Dr Salma Al-Nims, UN ESCWA Mr Amar Timalsina, (Nepal) The Leprosy Mission & IDEA Dr Elvira Psaila, Services Manager, Aġenzija Sapport (Malta) Ms Robinah Alambuya, President - Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI, Uganda)

At The Leprosy Mission, we are dedicated to challenging the impact of leprosy-related disabilities and promoting self-care in communities. Join us at #COSP17 to advocate for change and #BeatNTDs. Together, we can make a difference. bit.ly/4c06EyD

#COSP17 is kicking off today at the United Nations in NYC! The focus is on rethinking disability inclusion. Join our side event on 13th June, 10:00 NY/ET, exploring work rights for persons with disability in low/mid-income nations. Find more bit.ly/4bFmtuL

Today we are at #COSP17, the UN’s annual disability rights conference. We will be speaking to delegates about the ways that persons affected by leprosy may achieve their rights under the CRPD. We will also be looking for new partnerships, so please talk with us if you’re here

This week I am at the United Nations’s #CRPD Conference in #NY! I’m with two of TLM’s self-advocates who are here to raise awareness of leprosy amongst policymakers and civil society at the UN’s major disability rights conference. Join our side event on June 13th buff.ly/4aXPKzF

Last week at #COSP17 we held a side event at United Nations on "The right to work and employment for persons with disabilities in Low and Middle-Income Countries". Yo can watch the recording here buff.ly/3RoPy5O

.Mathias Duck spoke at the 2024 #CRPD Conference at the United Nations in NYC, representing The Leprosy Mission International. He emphasised the importance of remembering leprosy and considering those affected by it in discussions about real inclusion. #COSP17 buff.ly/4euTPyk

Barry here! Still reporting from New York! Last week we held a side event during #COSP17 at the United Nations and it was incredible; we heard from so many great disability rights activists. You can watch the recording at buff.ly/3XsolTF #TLMBatonTour #TLM150

youtu.be/_wuOYucy4yg well done Mathias Duck