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Laura Merrill

@merriaura

Healthy planet, healthy people, for all. Rebuild from COVID-19. @DNDi RT ≠ endorsement.

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Molly Jagpal (@mollyjagpal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Prof. Sir Chris Whitty & Prof. Charlotte Watts emphasized the progress in #NTDs research over 30 yrs @ #RSTMH2023. Positive science translated into action by policymakers has transformed the outlook on NTDs. #RSTMH2023 Department of Health and Social Care EDCTP World Bank Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Dr Luis Pizarro

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Flying the flag for people with neglected diseases! 🏳️ From today until Sunday 21 October, Geneva’s Mont-Blanc bridge is adorned with DNDi flags to commemorate our 20 years of #InnovatingTogether for the most neglected. #BestScienceforAll International Geneva

Flying the flag for people with neglected diseases! 🏳️

From today until Sunday 21 October, Geneva’s Mont-Blanc bridge is adorned with DNDi flags to commemorate our 20 years of #InnovatingTogether for the most neglected. #BestScienceforAll <a href="/Geneve_int/">International Geneva</a>
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just released! 📽️ Our 20-year anniversary film, Out of the Shadows, tells the story of DNDi researchers around the world developing treatments for neglected patients who have lived in the shadows for too long. #InnovatingTogether bit.ly/dndi20film

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week we're at #EDCTPForum in Paris! Don't miss our satellite event on Friday to discuss essential elements for sustainable #NTD control & elimination through medical innovation. 🗓️ 10 Nov at 8:00 👋 Come visit us at Stand #10 for more information about our work! EDCTP

This week we're at #EDCTPForum in Paris! Don't miss our satellite event on Friday to discuss essential elements for sustainable #NTD control &amp; elimination through medical innovation. 🗓️ 10 Nov at 8:00 

👋 Come visit us at Stand #10 for more information about our work! <a href="/EDCTP/">EDCTP</a>
FCDO Global Health Research (@fcdohealthres) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge congratulations to Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Mycetoma Research Center, Eisai Global, and other partners on finding this promising new treatment for #mycetoma! An important breakthrough in treating this debilitating disease theguardian.com/global-develop…

John Marshall (@hmajohnmarshall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Visite ce matin au laboratoire THA (tripanosomasie humaine africaine) à Dubreka, une collaboration entre le Programme National de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Negligées🇬🇳, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (avec soutien 💰 🇬🇧), IRD.fr. Un vrai succès avec l’élimination du THA en 🇬🇳 sur L’horizon

Visite ce matin au laboratoire THA (tripanosomasie humaine africaine) à Dubreka, une collaboration entre le Programme National de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Negligées🇬🇳, <a href="/DNDi/">Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative</a> (avec soutien 💰 🇬🇧), <a href="/ird_fr/">IRD.fr</a>. Un vrai succès avec l’élimination du THA en 🇬🇳 sur L’horizon
APPG on Malaria and NTDs (@malariantdappg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Looking forward to this morning's UK House of Commons Westminster Hall debate on the UK's role in ending #malaria and #NTDs, with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office the answering Department. You can watch the debate live from 9.30am (GMT) here 👉 bit.ly/3S9oQPr

Looking forward to this morning's <a href="/HouseofCommons/">UK House of Commons</a> Westminster Hall debate on the UK's role in ending #malaria and #NTDs, with <a href="/FCDOGovUK/">Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office</a> the answering Department.

You can watch the debate live from 9.30am (GMT) here 👉 bit.ly/3S9oQPr
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fantastic to see such an energising and thoughtful debate about tackling #NTDs in UK Parliament yesterday. MPs across the house spoke passionately about the need for sustainable R&D funding. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-0…

Fantastic to see such an energising and thoughtful debate about tackling #NTDs in <a href="/UKParliament/">UK Parliament</a> yesterday. MPs across the house spoke passionately about the need for sustainable R&amp;D funding.

hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-0…
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UK Parliament Jim Shannon MP Catherine West Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Wendy Morton MP James Sunderland Chris Law MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Thank you Patrick Grady for tabling the debate and highlighting the role of R&D in improving the lives of vulnerable people. “It is the poorest, most vulnerable and marginalised people in remote communities, particularly women and girls, who are affected most by these diseases.”

<a href="/UKParliament/">UK Parliament</a> <a href="/JimShannonMP/">Jim Shannon MP</a> <a href="/CatherineWest1/">Catherine West</a> <a href="/TanDhesi/">Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP</a> <a href="/morton_wendy/">Wendy Morton MP</a> <a href="/JamesSunderl/">James Sunderland</a> <a href="/ChrisLawSNP/">Chris Law MP</a> <a href="/annietrev/">Anne-Marie Trevelyan</a> <a href="/FCDOGovUK/">Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office</a> Thank you <a href="/GradySNP/">Patrick Grady</a> for tabling the debate and highlighting the role of R&amp;D in improving the lives of vulnerable people.

“It is the poorest, most vulnerable and marginalised people in remote communities, particularly women and girls, who are affected most by these diseases.”
APPG on Malaria and NTDs (@malariantdappg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On #WorldNTDDay, our Co-Chair, Lord Trees, our APPG and UK Coalition against NTDs co-hosted an event in House of Lords to raise awareness of NTDs in UK Parliament, the need to #UniteActEliminate to #BeatNTDs, to draw attention to the disproportionate impact on women and girls... 🧵👇

On #WorldNTDDay, our Co-Chair, Lord Trees, our APPG and <a href="/UKCoalitionNTDs/">UK Coalition against NTDs</a> co-hosted an event in <a href="/UKHouseofLords/">House of Lords</a> to raise awareness of NTDs in <a href="/UKParliament/">UK Parliament</a>, the need to #UniteActEliminate to #BeatNTDs, to draw attention to the disproportionate impact on women and girls... 🧵👇
APPG on Malaria and NTDs (@malariantdappg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dinu Guruge 🇱🇰, an epidemiologist in Sri Lanka working with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative's Dengue Global Programme, spoke to the impact of #dengue outbreaks, including on women and children, the difficulty for health systems to cope, innovation in treatments, and the importance of sustainable partnerships

<a href="/dinuguruge/">Dinu Guruge 🇱🇰</a>, an epidemiologist in Sri Lanka working with <a href="/DNDi/">Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative</a>'s Dengue Global Programme, spoke to the impact of #dengue outbreaks, including on women and children, the difficulty for health systems to cope, innovation in treatments, and the importance of sustainable partnerships
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We were pleased to participate in this UK Coalition against NTDs event at House of Lords to mark #WorldNTDDay yesterday, talking about the impact of #Dengue on women and children. By #InnovatingTogether we can develop safer, simpler, and more effective treatments for #NTDs

APPG on Malaria and NTDs (@malariantdappg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"AI is showing real potential to bring the best science to the most neglected, by accelerating drug discovery, contributing to the SDGs, and above all saving lives." Fantastic to see Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) highlighted in Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's new digital development strategy 🙌👇

"AI is showing real potential to bring the best science to the most neglected, by accelerating drug discovery,  contributing to the SDGs, and above all saving lives."

Fantastic to see <a href="/DNDi/">Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative</a> and <a href="/MedsforMalaria/">Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)</a> highlighted in <a href="/FCDOGovUK/">Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office</a>'s new digital development strategy 🙌👇
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@dndi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔊 Listen now: Our Head of Mycetoma Dr. Borna Nyaoke-Anoke speaks to BBC Sounds Health Check about how the ongoing conflict in Sudan has slowed much-needed efforts to develop new treatments for #mycetoma. ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…