ICYMI on the #TropMed19 blog: Setting a Research Agenda for Female Genital Schistosomiasis Call for research proposals now open! #beatNTDs iamtropmed.org/blog/2019/11/2…

"It’s thought that as many as 46 million women have FGS. That’s the entire population of Kenya. The number of people successfully treated for TB ever. The number of articles on Wikipedia." Read more in this brilliant Frontline AIDS article 👉 bit.ly/35NGMnR

NEW our NEJM article FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS 40 million African girls/women. Parasitic infection cervix/vagina acquired by standing in lakes/rivers. Pain bleeding stigma AIDSco-factor. We can stop it for 40 cents/person/yr. Few care, need your help nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

✨It's International Women's Day on 8th March! ♀️ We are celebrating some of our wonderful COUNTDOWNonNTDS female colleagues 😊 Luret MAKIA CHRISTINE noela gwani Alice Perkins Georgina Zawolo 🇨🇲🇳🇬🇱🇷 LSTM_NTDs LSTM #IWD2020 #EachforEqual #beatntds

Pour #IWD2020, nous avons demandé au Dr Monique, comment les partenaires peuvent-ils aider les pays à rendre leurs programmes nationaux de lutte contre les MTN plus durables? #BeatNTDs

several books on #pandemics are made #openaccess by Duke University Press due to #COVID-19. Find them here: dukeupress.edu/Explore-Subjec…

Integration of prevention and control measures for female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and cervical cancer. who.int/bulletin/volum…

Dirk Engels et al. propose an integrated #research agenda for #genital #schistosomiasis, #HIV and #cervicalcancer in #Malawi, #SouthAfrica, #Zambia and #Zimbabwe ➡️bit.ly/3hN1NVf UNAIDS Global World Health Organization (WHO) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ASTMH LSTM UHC2030 The Global Fund PEPFAR CDC Unobi Technologies

In honor of #PeerRevWeek20, I’d like to extend a sincere thank you to the past, present, and future #PeerReviewers that lend their valuable time and expertise in support of my research.

On this #DayoftheGirl, we're thinking about the 150 million girls and women who are at risk of female genital schistosomiasis #DayoftheGirlChild (1/5) #beatNTDs

Female genital #schistosomiasis is still undiagnosed in most endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa #DayOfTheGirl #DayoftheGirlChild (2/5)

'Women and girls face multiple and intersecting health, social, gender and economic challenges, especially in the poorest and most marginalized and fragile parts of our world.' #DayOfTheGirl #DayoftheGirlChild (3/5)

Despite 56 million women and girls getting female genital schistosomiasis, only about 10,000 have been examined to date.⁠ #DayOfTheGirl #DayoftheGirlChild (4/5)

Our CEO Wendy Harrison contributed to the World Health Organization (WHO) study these excerpts are taken from. Read it in full 👉 who.int/bulletin/volum… (5/5)

"It's not just #COVID19 that is killing people, it's underprivilege, it's lack of access, it's years of living with health conditions that haven't been properly managed because of the colour of your skin, or your ethnicity, or your social group"- Mike Ryan #HealthForAll

Christine’s PhD study in Cameroon helps to draw attention to FGS locally, a great team effort on-the-ground Global Schistosomiasis Alliance Centre for Schistosomiasis & Parasitology COUNTDOWNonNTDS journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Pleased to share a brand new article this morning from #Cameroon 🇨🇲 - a multidisciplinary study on #FGS, using epidemiology and ethnography to investigate prevalence, socioeconomic effects & lived experiences MAKIA CHRISTINE Russell Stothard LSTM #BeatNTDs ➡️journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

After her PhD viva today, Christine is now Dr MC Masong and an important contribution to multidisciplinary studies on #FGSchisto in Cameroon – congratualtions et felicitations! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38547346/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36787976/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36962084/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33012861/