Jabo.583

public health expert with bias in global eye and tropical health

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

#DYK💡 soil-transmitted helminthiasis (a Neglected Tropical Disease) is no longer a public health problem in Burkina Faso🇧🇫? #beatNTDs

Learn more about this achievement, via @HelenKellerIntl's oral presentation at the @ASTMH Annual Meeting https://t.co/xwdEbJTJ0G #TropMed22

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Since 2016, #TropicalData has supported health ministries to conduct more than 2,837 surveys across 49 countries, examining nearly 9.7 million people. This has provided the evidence to scale up the @WHO-endorsed SAFE strategy. #endtrachoma #WorldSightDay https://t.co/Jrio3us4yH

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Congratulations Simon Bush on your appointed as President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene! @RSTMH #beatNTDs

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Mexico was the first country in the Americas and the third in the world to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. New paper describes the key components that contributed to elimination and the public health impact of this success. #beatNTDs https://t.co/7e6tRh1SQO

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

Good #nutrition + #health care during the first #1,000Days of life influence whether a child will survive and his/her ability to grow, learn, and rise out of poverty. #Breastfeeding is crucial to healthy growth and development during this formative period. #WBW2022

[Mectizan Donation Program @MectizanMDP]

MDP 2021 Annual Highlights⏳MDP Director Dr. @YaoSodahlon: "Events of the year 2021 revealed the extraordinary #resilience of endemic communities, community drug distributors, governments, donors, and NGO partners." Read more at ⤵️ https://t.co/UZ5qR7Ly3X

[Phil Orji @philorji1]

Happy Helen Keller Day from all of us @HelenKellerIntl in Nigeria

[The END Fund @TheENDFund]

At the #KigaliSummit, we announced $161M in secured commitments to end neglected tropical diseases by 2030.

We look forward to working with a diverse group of partners to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to treatment for NTDs.

For more: https://t.co/Q7FGAyZvK8

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Today, @WHO welcomed the announcement by @Pfizer that it will extend its donation of the antibiotic Zithromax® for trachoma elimination until 2030, building on the company’s 23-year commitment to fight the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. https://t.co/lMIWSAd4CD

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Partnership works. Since 2002, the number of people at risk from trachoma has ⬇️ by 92%, from 1.5 billion to 124 million. ICTC's Strategic Plan 2022-2030 sets out strategic objectives to strengthen partnerships so that we can #endtrachoma by 2030. https://t.co/LUM4sG8AU3

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

ICTC has published its Strategic Plan 2022-2030. Aligned with the NTD road map, and in support of the @WHO GET2020 Alliance, @TrachomaControl members are working together to:
✅ Mobilize advocacy
✅ Increase investment
✅ Coordinate technical assistance
https://t.co/KvHLwMaCkW

[Phil Orji @philorji1]

It's time @HelenKellerIntl We must #BeatNTDS

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

It's #EatYourVeggiesDay, time to celebrate vitamin A, key to healthy vision, immunity and overall health for children <age 6. Helen Keller Intl helps families grow healthy foods, delivering the vitamin A children need to reach their #TruePotential. https://t.co/jkLT86Cgak

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

“Children across [Togo] and their families can now live without the fear of the severe impacts of this preventable disease thanks to sustained control measures” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa on Togo's efforts to #endtrachoma. https://t.co/b6UHhEztYJ

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

What is #TropicalData? Watch @LSHTM's @EHardingEsch explain how Tropical Data is supporting health ministries through the full survey process to identify where interventions are needed to #beatNTDs. https://t.co/xOoYB7qGAR

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Investments in NTDs have contributed to 45 countries eliminating at least one NTD, including 13 countries eliminating trachoma 🎉 At the #KigaliSummit on 23 June we will call on world leaders to renew their commitments to save millions more lives from #malaria and #NTDs.

[Ellen Agler @EllenAgler]

Johannes Waltz of @merck_de shares these incredible results at the #eflearningsummit — Schistosomiasis in Africa has been reduced by about 60% from 2010-2019. It is indeed possible to #BeatNTDs! Thank you @merck_de for your incredible praziquantel donation to make this possible

[Ellen Agler @EllenAgler]

So impressed by these government leaders from Kenya, Mali and Ethiopia discuss the importance of local financing and community and country ownership to #BeatNTDs #EFLearningSummit #ENDNTDs

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

Congratulations Togo for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem! Togo is the 13th country to achieve this milestone globally and the third @WHOAFRO Member State. Learn more at @WHO 👇.
https://t.co/mKtrEU718s

[ICTC @TrachomaControl]

In many remote communities, human resources for health are limited. Today, #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate the nurses and ophthalmic nurses, that are delivering essential eye care services, including TT surgery, to achieve #VisionForAll. #beatNTDs https://t.co/74f7SB8Gf8