Across Africa, women are driving the fight against #NTDs, leading outreach, delivering medicines, supporting families & strengthening community health services every day.
Investing in their leadership means stronger health systems & healthier communities
#WomenInLeadership
On #AfricaDay, we celebrate country leadership driving progress to #beatNTDs.
We are proud to partner with countries, through initiatives such as SNAPs, which are strengthening country capacity to develop context specific and tailored interventions. 🌍
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Climate change impacts disease transmission through environmental disruption, displacement and pressure on health systems.
Our One Health approach recognises the links between human health, sanitation, agriculture, and the environment.
#GPC2026 https://t.co/LzF5UAbKOF
NTD programmes do more than treat disease. They strengthen surveillance, improve service delivery, and build more resilient health systems.
Ending parasitic disease is not just a health goal, it’s a systems goal.#GPC2026
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Tunisia’s win against #trachoma is a historic public health triumph that belongs to generations of healthcare workers and local communities who expanded eye care and prevention across the nation.
🔗 Read more: https://t.co/AWiHOIMZJd #UniteActEliminate#BeatNTDs
Join us 11 March 4pm CET for a panel discussion on schisto and FGS for #InternationalWomensDay highlighting FGS as a concrete example of why equity, gender, and integration must be central to disease elimination strategies.
Register here: https://t.co/yMS3JulPKQ
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