Daniel A. Cohn

Global (local) #PublicHealth & development, focused on #InfectiousDisease #HealthSecurity and #GenderEquity. Tweets are my own, RTs ≠ endorsements.

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires companies posting a job to list the salary-range. In response, hundreds of companies posting national jobs have chosen to exclude Colorado residents rather than comply with the state’s requirement.
https://t.co/QQu3Cd2Hdf

[ASTMH @ASTMH]

Society asks Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reverse planned cuts to UK’s funding for #NTDs. See our letter here: https://t.co/KTIruxtHtt @DrJulieJ @DanielBausch2 @goraleskik

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

This #InternationalWomensDay , meet #AscendLot1 and #MoHZambia female leaders who are working to #beatNTDs! https://t.co/3w4U6wa1uE

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

An open call for research/innovation proposals to accelerate progress towards control and elimination of NTDs! Please notify @crownagents of your intent to apply, by 15 Jan 2021. #Ascend #beatNTDs

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

Our Ascend Research and Innovation Fund is inviting proposals for impactful approaches to NTD programming to accelerate progress towards control and elimination of NTDs. The fund is looking to invest in a range of project types that vary in size and focus: https://t.co/tNZmKvkq20

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

#Didyouknow that visceral leishmaniasis is one of the #NTDs that can cause disabilities? Discover in our latest blog how #Ascend is ensuring that people in remote rural areas are receiving treatment, like 10-year-old Easha in Bangladesh #WorldDisabilityDay
https://t.co/zkM4lBKY8k

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

Now, during #COVID19, more than ever!

#IDEVAW #16Days #GenerationEquality

[UN Women @UN_Women]

"I urge world leaders to include survivors' voices."

@nguyen_amanda, Founder of @RiseNowUS, said during the official commemoration of the International Day to end Violence against Women.

📺 Tune in: https://t.co/1ODyEt6xF0

#orangetheworld #16Days #GenerationEquality

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

Congratulations to Malawi's Ministry of Health for this historic achievement! Looking forward, #Ascend will support the MOH to #LeaveNoOneBehind who is still facing morbidity related to LF. #beatNTDs

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

The @WHO validated the elimination of #lymphaticfilariasis as a public health problem in #Malawi. A huge achievement
@health_malawi👏
As Malawi looks to the future, our #Ascend teams will support LF morbidity management and disability prevention associated with past infection

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

Today, our #SouthSudan #Ascend teams are marking #Handwashing day by spreading awareness of #NTD control & elimination🚰
The day provides a unique opportunity to increase collaboration between the #NTD and #WASH sector, advocating for better hand and facial hygiene to fight #NTDs

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

Handwashing prevents not only the spread of #COVID but also #NeglectedTropicalDiseases. This #GlobalHandwashingDay, why not discover how we are promoting hygiene measures to #EndNTDs in 11 countries though collaboration with national health & WASH sectors https://t.co/oYczqViyQc

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

#Onchocerciasis is a #NTD that can lead to #blindness if those living in endemic areas don't receive mass drug administration (MDA) treatment. On #WorldSightDay, we celebrate the support of our #Ascend teams to eliminate onchocerciasis in Ethiopia, Malawi & South Sudan via MDA!

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

“With my #sight back, I have returned to my job of selling fruits from my market stall. I feel empowered that rather than begging I can now earn a living once again.” The @FCDONTDs Ascend programme in Uganda has been restoring the sight of #trachoma patients #WorldSightDay

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

Proud of #ASCEND @crownagents for supporting national NTD programs to find ways to continue their work during #COVID19 ! #beatNTDs

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

#COVID-19 has spurred us to innovate to maintain progress against NTDs. At #ASCEND, the #UKAid flagship #NTD programme, we support outreach via mobile phone, assessing 400 Visceral Leishmaniasis patients remotely. We would love to hear yours! #NNN2020 #BeatNTDs

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

#ASCEND, the #UKAid’s flagship programme to #BeatNTDs, celebrates its first year of implementation this month. Our expertise is to strengthen health systems for the long term and reinforce local supply chains. Read more about the programme here: https://t.co/nJAtIHpSvy

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

#NNN2020: Equality and inclusion are a must for #NTD programmes: The #UKAID’s flagship NTD programme #ASCEND’s Leaving no-one behind approach is underpinned by deliberately picking up mass drug administrations in hard-to-reach areas in Uganda, Tanzania & Nepal. #BeatNTDs

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

On balancing #COVID19-related risks: "Too many view protective measures as all or nothing: Either we do everything, or we might as well do none. That’s wrong. Instead, we need to see that all our behavior adds up."

https://t.co/SORQv93L4E

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

"From polio survivors, to traditional and religious leaders, school teachers, parents, volunteers and health workers, a huge coalition developed to defeat polio. Working together they travelled to remote communities to immunise children."

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

"Winning the trust of communities has been key."

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Africa is now free of polio, international body says - the disease once paralysed thousands of children on the continent https://t.co/T6jgEu7WC5

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

A major achievement - félicitations!

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Togo🇹🇬 is first country ever to eliminate "sleeping sickness" as a public health problem! This achievement comes after more than two decades of sustained political commitment, surveillance & screening of cases. Congratulations Togo!

👉🏿https://t.co/LFBSnoe8SC

[Crown Agents @crownagents]

Lymphatic Filariasis mass drug administration training and implementation in #Mozambique, as part of the @DFID_UK funded #ASCEND programme. By strengthening health systems across the 🌍 to better provide prevention, detection, treatment and surveillance activities we can #EndNTDs

[Daniel A. Cohn @DanielACohn1]

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