Onchocerciasis: River blindness is not just about vision.

5⃣ Onchocerciasis: River blindness is not just about vision.

#Onchocerciasis causes severe itching and skin damage long before eye disease appears.
📱 SkincAIr aims to strengthen early skin #NTDdetection through AI tools in primary care.

Learn how: skincair.health/process/

Essay: Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID - Sight Magazine SARAH GREENE and PHILIP BUDGE say the Trump administration’s defunding of the USAID has created a "real-life Sisyphean struggle"...

Essay: Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID @sightmagazine.bsky.social #neglectedtropicaldiseases #USAID #USaidcuts #onchocerciasis #riverblindness #lymphaticfilariasis #elephantiasis

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🪰 "‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in #Africa, Health Officials Fear." - captivating article by @stephanienolen.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on the impact of US aid cuts on people's lives in #Cameroon.

#BeatNTDs #onchocerciasis #ivermectin

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#Foreign #Aid #United #States #International #Relations #Onchocerciasis #(Disease) #Guinea #Worm #Disease

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Smelly Socks Make for More Ethical Research Smelly Socks Make for More Ethical Research: Traps to monitor river blindness spread could replace human volunteers.

Ethical research is key to #BeatNTDs. New Sightsavers & GLIDE research replaces human volunteers with innovative traps to monitor river blindness (#onchocerciasis) blackflies. This improves safety & ethics in the field. Learn how: https://bit.ly/3X6xoIz

Smelly Socks Make for More Ethical Research Smelly Socks Make for More Ethical Research: Traps to monitor river blindness spread could replace human volunteers.

Partnership in action! Sightsavers & GLIDE are pioneering a more ethical way to track #onchocerciasis (river blindness) for surveillance. They're using innovative traps to replace human bait. Learn more about the 'smelly socks' solution: https://bit.ly/3X6xoIz #BeatNTDs

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#IvermectinTablets12mg #Ivermectin12mg #Ivermectin #anti-parasiticdrug #antiparasitic #scabiestreatment #licetreatment #onchocerciasis #humanIvermectin #genericIvermectin #pharmaceutical

Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Transmitted by the bites of infected blackflies, river blindness causes severe itching and eye lesions, leading to visual impairment and permanent blindness. Almost eliminated in the region of the Ame...

More highlights from #MPMXXXVI:

Work by Lum Abienwi Ambe et al. has begun to develop a non-invasive assay for detecting Onchocerca volvulus from urine samples, making it easier to treat #onchocerciasis - a devastating parasitic #disease causing blindness.

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology

New Review alert! The last mile in #onchocerciasis #elimination: #diagnostic challenges, authored by Charlotte Lubbers, Luís-Jorge Amaral, Robert Colebunders, Norbert Brattig & Amber Hadermann. #transmission #diagnosis #rapiddiagnostictest #PCR

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A Pill That Makes Your Blood Deadly to Mosquitoes? It’s Real – And It Works A common pill turns your blood into mosquito poison—and slashes malaria in the process.

A Pill That Makes Your Blood Deadly to Mosquitoes? It's Real - And It Works
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#scitechdaily #medsky #blood #deadly #mosquitoes #malaria #pill
#poison #medication #ivermectin #onchocerciasis #lymphaticfilariasis #insecticide #BOHEMIAproject #ASH #JCM #anemia #TTM #AABB

🦟🪱" #Vector-borne helminthiases (eg. #onchocerciasis, #LymphaticFilariasis, #loiasis, and #mansonellosis): a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan #Africa": by Joseph Kamgno et al. in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social
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K-MEDI and DNDi have initiated collaborative R&D to develop a treatment for neglected diseases K-MEDI has been chosen as a collaborating institute for developing an affordable and globally accessible medicine for river blindness. The project is led by DNDi and supported by a 3.2 billion KRW grant from the RIGHT Foundation.

🤝We're pleased to announce a collaborative R&D project with K-MEDI to develop a molecule named oxfendazole for the treatment of #Onchocerciasis, also known as #RiverBlindness. The project is supported by the RIGHT Foundation.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4kI4pVu

Last October, members of the DOLF #onchocerciasis clinical trial team met with the newly appointed Minister of Health of the Republic of Liberia, Honorable Dr. Louise Kpoto, to introduce our study in Bong Mines.

This past October, DOLF team members met with the new Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, and his leadership team. Together, we are solidifying our partnership to end #onchocerciasis in Liberia.

The Impact of Onchocerciasis Elimination Measures in Africa: A Systematic Review Background: Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that the WHO has set out to eliminate. To reach this elimination target, a number of challenges must be...

#Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is one of the NTDs that the #WHO has set out to eliminate.

Read about how it's going in this article:
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iCHORDS – Community of Practice – Connecting social and behavioural science research to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

We posted 5 new research papers to ichords.org. Check them out here: www.ichords.org/resources/. These articles explore the experiences of those affected by #trachoma, #lymphaticfilariasis, #rabies, #leprosy, #onchocerciasis and #scabies in #India, #Ethiopia, #Uganda, and #DRC.

TrendsTalk in our Feb issue: The 125th anniversary symposium of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: the future of global health, by a group of #LSTM postgraduate students led by Elli Wright. #Malaria #Trypanosomiasis #Onchocerciasis #Filariasis @lstmnews.bsky.social

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To reiterate: here is the link to a free Ludo game that provides info on 4 vector-borne diseases (#malaria, #schistosomiasis, #onchocerciasis, and #CCHF): doi.org/10.5525/gla....
It's in English + 6 Ugandan languages. Print it, play it, use it- & enjoy! @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social

🚨 "Vector Ludo" is out and FREE! 🚨
This is a printable, free Ludo template in English & 6 Ugandan languages that is basic Ludo, but with extra rules to educate about the vectors of #malaria, #schistosomiasis, #onchocerciasis ("River Blindness"), & #CCHF: doi.org/10.5525/gla....
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WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowled...

#WHO verifies #Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate #onchocerciasis ❌🦯 ❌

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Niger’s historic triumph over river blindness is a beacon of hope for Africa In a first for the continent, Niger was certified by the WHO for eliminating onchocerciasis as a public health problem

The first for #Africa, #Niger was recently certified by the #WHO for eliminating #Onchocerciasis, or #riverblindness as a public health problem. River blindness is one of 21 #neglectedtropicaldiseases (NTDs) that together affect over one billion people worldwide. tinyurl.com/3xefhvdy

Such a good way to celebrate the #WorldNTDDay!
Congratulations, Niger!

#Onchocerciasis #RiverBlindness

WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowled...

Great news this #WorldNTDDay: WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis

@who.int #BeatNTDs #UniteActEliminate #globalhealth #onchocerciasis

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👏🎉 Not just one but two fantastic announcements on #WorldNTDDay as #Niger becomes the first WHO Afro country to eliminate #onchocerciasis and #Guinea eliminates #sleepingsickness @who.int ! #EndNTDs #beatNTDs
👉https://www.who.int/news

WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowled...

📢 @who.int verifies #Niger 🇳🇪 as the first country in the African Region 🌍 to eliminate #onchocerciasis ( #RiverBlindness) 🪰

#WorldNTDDay #UniteActEliminate #BeatNTDs #EndTheNeglect

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💡 Dr Sam Fenton @thefentagon.bsky.social is a population geneticist who joined the lab in 11/2024. Having previously worked on a range of different systems, his work in the group focuses on using #wholegenomesequencing #WGS to test the efficacy of drugs tackling #Onchocerciasis (#RiverBlindness)🌟

The Lamberton Lab Combatting neglected tropical diseases through interdisciplinary research

Happy New Year from the Lamberton Lab! 🌍 We study transmission & control of #Schistosomiasis, #Onchocerciasis & more. Looking forward to sharing relevant #NTD research and collaborating w/ more researchers! Follow us for more insights.
Learn more 👉 https://www.poppylamberton.com/ ✨🧬
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