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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GOOD PEOPLE - Niger becomes first African nation to eliminate river blindness, after 40 years of nationwide Ivermectin treatments that also wiped out lymphatic filariasis, marking a major victory for global health and disease eradication efforts. #Niger #Africa #RiverBlindness #Disease #Science

Meet Nigeria’s human flycatchers By the rivers of Nindama, they sat down for science.

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This is totally fascinating. “Human flycatchers” seek to eliminate a disease called #RiverBlindness

Tackling River Blindness with Bioinformatics 🧬
In this video, we explain how we used bioinformatics approaches to explore which immunological pathways are responsible for clearance of parasitic infections in people affected by river blindness.
#bioinformatics #riverblindness #lifescience

The Carter Center and Uganda Ministry of Health have made great strides in eliminating #riverblindness. Come with us on a journey to the last area in the country where the disease may still be endemic to learn more about what we’re doing to wipe it out.
#BeatNTDs

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.

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A HUGE milestone for #NTDElimination! 🎉 Celebrating 5 billion Mectizan™ treatments donated worldwide to prevent and treat #RiverBlindness and #LF! This remarkable achievement, driven by 38 years of Merck's commitment, shows the vital power of pharma donations. #BeatNTDs #UniteActEliminate

Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon between 1971 and 2020 Author summary Onchocerciasis (‘river blindness’) is a severely debilitating neglected tropical disease proposed for elimination of transmission by the World Health Organization. The main intervention...

Utilising nearly five decades of data, our recent study maps the prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon from 1971 to 2020 🗺️. Grateful to be part of this collaborative work. 😊
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#riverblindness #cameroon #NTDs #geospatial #mapping #elimination

Africa Daily - How did Niger eliminate river blindness? - BBC Sounds 99% of cases of the disease are in Africa – impacting millions of people

When #America does good: #Riverblindness affects millions across Africa. In Niger 70% were infected. But after a gruelling 45-yr health campaign,it’s the first African country to eliminate it. Alan Kasujja speaks Dr Paulin Basinga,head of #GatesFoundation in Africa who has who has played a key role.

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

Impact of #Trump end #USAID on #polio #Marburg #BirdFlu #monitoring #riverblindness #prenatalcare, #HIV #contraception safe #childbirth #vaccinations #WomensHealth #childrenshealth
American soft power+security
[Bonus points for #China? Shooting oneself in the foot?]
A Gawande ex BBC Reith lecturer

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...

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

#WorldNTDDay #UniteActEliminate #BeatNTDs #EndTheNeglect

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In silico removal of an N-terminal tag on Onchocerca volvulus macrophage migration inhibitory factor-1 exposes a large cavity that can be used for drug discovery. #MacrophageMigrationInhibitoryFactor1 #RiverBlindness t.co/VzZXUlF5nD

How can we grapple with the cycle of poverty and illness to overcome the devastating impact of #riverblindness?

📺 Watch the TedX talk by our Head of Filarial Disease Sabine Specht: youtu.be/Najj9Bpz9uA