
Simon Bland
@simonjrbland
CEO GLIDE - Global Institute for Disease Elimination. Development Economist on global health. Views my own. RT not endorsement.
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18-06-2011 07:02:58
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Beyond excited to share that our proposal was selected for Global Institute for Disease Elimination 's 2023 #FalconAwards We're looking forward to expanding the use of novel low-cost technologies to improve the forecasting of #climate -sensitive diseases 🦟 Inst. de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt Investigación Cayetano Clima UPCH

Congrats to Mali 🇲🇱 for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem! 👏 This milestone marks decades of progress in partnership w/ Helen Keller Intl Sightsavers The Carter Center and others. #beatNTDs #endTrachoma


The world’s leading infectious cause of blindness has been eliminated in #Benin! It follows years of action led by the Benin government, with support from orgs like Sightsavers Gates Foundation The Children's Investment Fund Foundation ELMA Philanthropies Virgin Unite The Audacious Project. ➡️ ow.ly/IsaA50OpTwx

We are excited to partner with The Carter Center on this lab to help improve the ability of countries in the Caribbean to achieve their disease elimination targets. 🔬

Thank you HE Lubna Qassim for the warm welcome at UAE MISSION UN GENEVA & we look forward to working together to continue to elevate 🇦🇪 work in #globalhealth #HealthForAll



Our second cohort for our joint course with nyupublichealth starts on June 8th with support from The Carter Center. Hear from Dr Rana Jawad Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar, CEO of GHSI (Global Health Strategists &Implementers), as he shares his reflections on the importance of bringing students & experts together for the course.

Are you in the UAE🇦🇪? Join us on June 8th for an in-person opening session for our co-joint Disease #Elimination and #Eradication Strategies course with nyupublichealth with support from The Carter Center. Building knowledge to ensure #HealthforAll. RSVP ➡️ ow.ly/E9IF50OBLcg


Couldn’t ask for a happier or a more fashionable group of colleagues. 😎 All smiles as we kickoff the #Disease #elimination & #eradication course of Global Institute for Disease Elimination & partners.



Dr Dirk Engels of Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases reflects on the need to remain #100percentcommitted to #beatNTDs and the opportunity of upcoming #health #HLMs to integrate #NTDs into existing mechanisms #IFNTDs


Over the past week, participants from over ten different countries have worked together to develop innovative strategies to help advance #elimination efforts in our co-joint course with nyupublichealth, with support from The Carter Center. #BuildingKnowledge #BeatNTDs



Join us at #CPHIA2023 or online. We will discuss how do we ensure access to vital treatments technologies for the most neglected of us all? Dr Dr Socé Fall - DrMed, PhD, FRCP will give opening remarks, followed by three panels of excellent speakers from the continent & beyond Register below👇🏾


Check out this blog by GLIDE CEO Simon Bland as he shares his takeaways from our inaugural #GLIDESymposium and the importance of carrying the momentum forward. ➡️ ow.ly/qgi950QT2TQ #UniteActEliminate #IntegrateToEliminate



Many thanks to all of the amazing speakers on innovative financing from Joep Lange Institute, Global Institute for Disease Elimination, Gates Foundation and PNG NDoH for sharing key insights on implementing innovative financing models locally and Globally👏👏👏 #MalariaLeaders2024