🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Just for fun - here is a short video of a schistosome cercaria creeping along the Petri dish #schistosomiasis

On November 8, 2023 Prof Maria-Gloria Basáñez, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, will talk about alternative and complementary treatment strategies for Neglected Tropical Diseases. Don't miss out! Register via bit.ly/3FCxRJC #CemaAfricaSeminarSeries

The Mwele Malecela Mentorship Program for Women in NTDs is accepting applications from mentees and mentors. The program supports mid-career African women to become leaders and champions in NTD elimination at national and international levels. tinyurl.com/ycycvcc5

Breaking: World Health Organization (WHO) certifies Cabo Verde🇨🇻 as malaria-free, joining 43 countries and 1 territory that have received this certification. Cabo Verde is the third African country to eliminate malaria after Mauritius and Algeria. More 👉🏿 who.int/news/item/12-0…

12 Remarkable African life scientists share their stories in this inspirational book, authored by Tabitha Mwangi working with the #KWTRP Schools engagement team & supported by @Wellcome. It is a delight that we got to launch the book with young people. shorturl.at/bgouH

Research is creating new knowledge. We have a collaborative course on Agent-Based Modelling. Please Apply: buff.ly/3T4NIIv Deadline: 4th March 2024 APHRC Mutono Nyamai Thumbi Dr. Loice Achieng Ombajo

📜 New Paper Alert 📜 CEMA-Africa's Thumbi shares the key ingredients required to strengthen the use of policy modelling in Africa. Link: tinyurl.com/3e2p6md9

Recent study by our collaborators focuses on identifying factors linked to successful elimination of #Onchocerciasis in sub-Saharan Africa through systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health read it here ➡️bit.ly/3TwdF3T

Apply for the Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics PhD studentship @SSACABDeltas in collaboration with the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust & IDeAL, Africa Deadline: April 30, 2024 Apply: shorturl.at/cLT45

🆕Supplement by NTD_Modelling with World Health Organization (WHO) & other experts explores how mathematical models of neglected tropical diseases can accelerate progress towards NTD control & elimination by 2030. #BeatNTDs Funded by @GatesFoundation LiKaShing Foundation Big Data Institute​ 🔗bit.ly/3WjdWJc

🧵Neglected Tropical Diseases - a meeting, led by WHO and NTD_Modelling and other partners, identified priority questions for quantitative modelling across NTDs. 🔗Read the findings bit.ly/3UjQR6y

Schistosomiasis elimination 🧵 🎯World Health Organization's broader target includes pre-SAC and adults for MDA. But success hinges on repeated uptake. 🔍 Methods: K.Kura & Mutono Nyamai analysed school-based vs. community-wide treatment models. #BeatNtds ⬇️ Read the results

Join us. Topic: Urban Mobility and Spatial Justice: Prospects for Non-motorised Mobility in Nairobi Guest Speaker: Dr. Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai, Tu Dortmund University Date: Wednesday, May 15 (3:00pm EAT) Register: bit.ly/4dBMxsq

Our paper on exploring the effects of ivermectin on onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy through transmission modelling is out now in Nature Communications! Such an important emerging topic in the #NTDs field. Lead author Jacob Stapley's first (first) author paper nature.com/articles/s4146…

Excited to be part of the 2nd Annual Mombasa Health Research Conference. Looking forward to insightful discussions and collaborations. #MSAHealthConference2024 KAVI-ICR University of Nairobi Faculty of Health Sciences

Rabies is one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity—with nearly 100% fatality once symptoms appear. But with the right knowledge and quick action, it’s also entirely preventable. Here's everything you need to know about rabies A thread

In today's Saturday Standard Newspaper. We celebrate the graduation of our first Feed The Future Animal Health Innovation Lab PhD Fellow, Dr. Dr. Wycliff Ng'etich, at yesterday's University of Nairobi 71st graduation. Heko! Ngetich Wyckliff

Congratulations to our Large Grant Awardees from our July cycle! This is a reminder that our next deadline is November 15. Please review all the updated requirements here: ammnet.org/ammnet-grant-o…

It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, and the WHO is once again calling on everybody, including leaders and communities, to unite, act and eliminate NTDs by making bold, sustainable investments to free the estimated 1.5 billion people...#WorldNTDDay #worldntdday2025

In honour of #WorldMalariaDay, Dr. Geoffrey Githinji reminds us that Kenya’s fight against malaria isn’t just about having the right tools — it’s about using them in the smartest way possible. Read more here standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/articl…