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This first WHO global meeting will explore how to better integrate case management of skin NTDs using cross-cutting approaches, to increase cost–effectiveness and expand coverage across the health sector.
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Read this blog from our partners at the Institute of Development Studies
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The documentary, created by independent Ethiopian filmmaker Eyerusalem Kassahun from the NIHR 5S Foundation, shares the stories of people in north-western Ethiopia affected by scabies and the health workers treating them. Reacting to hearing that the film had won this award, Eyerusalem stated “I am delighted by this recognition…
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The campaign provided an opportunity for policymakers, implementers, researchers, funders, and community groups who work on mycetoma and other NTDs to come together and deliberate, share best practice, decide on how to tackle these diseases and stay connected.
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Aligning with the WHO strategic framework for integrated control and management of skin NTDs and the 2021−2030 WHO roadmap for NTDs, the Sudanese Federal Ministry of Health is to establish its own Skin NTDs Integrated Control and Management Programme. It will be implemented as a joint venture between the Federal Ministry of Health and the…
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Dr Adamu Addissie, Associate Professor at the School of Public Health at Addis Ababa University and a longstanding friend of Global Health at BSMS, visited the Rwanda GHRU team in November 2022 to facilitate a workshop on ‘Rapid Ethical Assessment (REA): Considerations & Application for Informed Consent for Podo-Research’.
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Dr. Menberework Chanyalew shares this update from the AHRI podoconiosis (podo) team. As part of the consultative meeting on AHRI-led health research projects in the Amhara Region, held in Bahir Dar on November 18, 2022, key efforts were made to raise awareness about the podo-related research done in the region.
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Peter Mugume, 5S Co-Investigatior at the University of Rwanda shares his thoughts on how the 5S Foundation project is playing an integral role in the collaborative efforts to eliminate podoconiosis (podo) in Rwanda by 2030, as stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) road map.
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Ahmed Elfaig, the project coordinator for 5S based at the Faculty of Geography at the University of Khartoum, reported that the team has been busy conducting activities to strengthen the link between the 5S project and its stakeholders in the Dar-Al- Salaam district in Sudan.
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Colleagues from the Global Health and Infection Department at BSMS were part of the organising team behind a week-long exhibition at Westminster to highlight the need for more investment to tackle NTDs.
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