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[The Task Force @TFGH]

Our January Dispatches reflects on #WorldNTDDay, celebrates @MectizanMDP's shipment of the five billionth treatment for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, honors our friend and global health champion #PresidentJimmyCarter, and more. Read here: https://t.co/Nq8HCceOFV

[The Task Force @TFGH]

Our Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition team is on the ground this week for the @WHOAFRO Campaign Integration Workshop. We are proud that our colleagues are helping to support countries as they develop plans for more collaborative and sustainable approaches to care.

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

This week in Kigali, Rwanda, @WHO, UNICEF and partners are bringing together experts and programme leaders from across Africa for the Campaign Integration Workshop to advance integrated health campaigns that are more coordinated, efficient and impactful.

[Global Hepatitis Summit @GlobalHepSummit]

The #GHS2025 SPECIAL SYMPOSIA AND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS schedule is out! 📅 Only registered delegates can attend. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn and connect with experts in the field. Make sure to register now!🔗https://t.co/lTmyMWHngX

[TEPHINET @tephinet]

Opportunity: The Epiverse Fellowship Program, is hiring fellows to support the adoption of Epiverse in Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Tog.

🔗https://t.co/HdjMmbPKOH

[Global Hepatitis Summit @GlobalHepSummit]

Excited to announce Dr. Robert Gish as a speaker of the North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit at #GHS2025 presenting "HDV: reflex testing, status of anti-HDV & RNA testing in NA".

Don't miss out on insights from leading experts in #LiverHealth!

[WHO Nepal @WHONepal]

Today, @MoHPNep 🇳🇵 launched the #LymphaticFilariasis Mass Drug Administration 💊 campaign in #Banke, #Lumbini with @WHONepal support. The campaign will focus on selected locations to enhance coverage & achieve #Nepal’s goal of eliminating LF as a public health problem by 2030.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Compassion is vital to the health care we receive. Focusing on compassion ensures that we work towards the needs of people.

Check out the recently released WHO publication on compassion and primary health care. #HealthForAlCompassion is vital to the health care we receive. Focusing on compassion ensures that we work towards the needs of people.

Check out the recently released WHO publication on compassion and primary health care. #HealthForAlCompassion is vital to the health care we receive. Focusing on compassion ensures that we work towards the needs of people.

Check out the recently released WHO publication on compassion and primary health care. #HealthForAlCompassion is vital to the health care we receive. Focusing on compassion ensures that we work towards the needs of people.

Check out the recently released WHO publication on compassion and primary health care. #HealthForAlCompassion is vital to the health care we receive. Focusing on compassion ensures that we work towards the needs of people.

Check out the recently released WHO publication on compassion and primary health care. #HealthForAlCompassion is vital to the health care we receive. Focusing on compassion ensures that we work towards the needs of people.

Check out the recently released WHO publication on compassion and primary health care. #HealthForAll

[Mectizan Donation Program @MectizanMDP]

🇳🇪 Niger is the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate river blindness! “Niger has proven that what was once thought impossible is possible.” Congratulations @MSP_Niger @OMSNiger @Merck ! #StampOutOncho #beatNTDs #NonAuxMTN ➡️ Our statement: https://t.co/5AxyFTTG03

[The Task Force @TFGH]

Have you registered for #GHS2025 in Los Angeles, March 18-21? @GlobalHep Director John Ward will co-chair! It will feature the latest developments in viral hepatitis, along with 3 distinct tracks: basic/translational, clinical & public health. Learn more: https://t.co/ZtrcCiwjrL

[Global Hepatitis Summit @GlobalHepSummit]

A new report from @CDAFound finds that individuals living with #hepatitis have higher risk of developing #cancer than someone smoking one pack of cigarettes per day. Contribute to #HepatitisElimination #by2030 with your research at #GHS2025.

#NoHep #HCV #HBV #WorldCancerDay

[Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination @GlobalHep]

Happy Friday! Here’s a thread 🧵on viral #hepatitis around the world:
#HepNews #HepC #HepB #HCV #HBV

[Voices for Vaccines @Voices4Vaccines]

"As a teenager, I believed that my autism was caused by a vaccine."

She shares her experience growing up without vaccines, and later surviving sepsis. https://t.co/FZ1otbasBa

[The Task Force @TFGH]

On #WorldNTDDay, @MectizanMDP and @Merck celebrated the shipment of the five billionth Mectizan treatment. We appreciate Merck’s commitment to manufacture & donate Mectizan to eliminate the debilitating diseases of river blindness & lymphatic filariasis: https://t.co/p35QJ4hTvp

[The Task Force @TFGH]

Let’s celebrate the commitment of @ITIatlanta, @MectizanMDP, @CWWAtlanta, @COR_NTD, Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE), and @hcecoalition to ensuring everyone can live a healthy life! #BeatNTDs 📷Brent Stirton/Getty Images for International Trachoma Initiative

[The Task Force @TFGH]

Happy #WorldNTDDay! Join us in raising awareness about the impact of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). @TFGH is dedicated to preventing, controlling, and eliminating NTDs through ensuring medicines and supplies reach communities and advancing disease elimination efforts.

[Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination @GlobalHep]

Happening now! Join our webinar on new HBV testing strategies to expand access, simplify treatment & improve care worldwide. Plus, a first look at the COR-HEPB initiative!

Follow this thread for live updates 🧵

https://t.co/Tk0hxxEBp4

[The Task Force @TFGH]

@TFGH's “This Is My Story” is a series that features staff sharing about their global health careers and what they’ve learned. Our most recent story features Dr. Patrick Lammie, Director of @NTD_SC. Hear more about his experience: https://t.co/k0bGu9KA3R #beatNTDs

[Global Hepatitis Summit @GlobalHepSummit]

🌍 The countdown is on! We have 5 years left to eliminate global hepatitis. Join us at the GHS 2025 and be part of the initiative. Register now with code HEP2030 and enjoy a 10% discount until Jan 31! #HepatitisFree2030 #GHS2025

https://t.co/9IpeHwmCNm

[The Task Force @TFGH]

This month, @TFGH’s @ITIatlanta program met in Senegal for their meeting w/ the Trachoma Expert Committee and explored ways to expand their impact, like leveraging azithromycin for child survival initiatives. Learn more: https://t.co/7KrZM5Qlhb #beatNTDS

[Global Hepatitis Summit @GlobalHepSummit]

We are honored to acknowledge the World Health Organization (@WHO) for their invaluable contribution to the GHS 2025 educational program. This initiative will bring together global leaders to discuss the 2030 viral hepatitis elimination targets. #GHS2025 #HepatitisElimination