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Supporting Frontline Health Workers in Nigerian Conflict Zones (with SC Johnson and Nothing But Nets)

19th August 2020
Benjamin Willis
MENTOR Emergency Dept, Programme Highlights
COVID19, Disinfection, Emergency, Malaria, Nigeria, Nothing But Nets, SC Johnson

This year, World Humanitarian Day (August 19) arrives at a time when COVID-19 is surging across Africa: more than 1 million cases have been reported, despite limited testing…

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24 Sep

"results indicate #meteorological, #climatic & #socioeconomic variation have all likely contributed to shaping conditions conducive to #Aedes density in our study across #Colombia #Equador #Argentina" #dengue #chikungunya #zika #beatNTDs @bugbittentweets https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-021-04984-z

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24 Sep

Aid cuts and the discontinuation of diagnostics, such as the IT-leish rapid test for leishmaniasis, threaten to reverse progress made to #beatNTDs. Action is urgently needed to secure stable programmatic and research funding. Learn more: https://science.thewire.in/health/covid-19-threatens-to-undo-progress-against-neglected-tropical-diseases/

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22 Sep

"..to maintain progress, access to #diagnostics & efficacious treatments must be sustained - #Kala-azar, already one of the most #neglected #diseases, is in danger of becoming even more neglected" #NTDs @MoHsouthsudan @WHO @MSF @DNDi @ConversationUK https://theconversation.com/progress-against-a-neglected-tropical-disease-in-east-africa-is-under-threat-167719

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21 Sep

"We have discovered that 70% of here bite outside the house, so we know that #mosquito #nets #ITN #LLIN are not as effective a tool as in some regions of #Africa," #malaria #anopheles #Venezuela @melfranherrera @MSF @opsoms @elpaisinenglish @Planeta_Futuro https://elpais.com/planeta-futuro/que-mueve-a/2021-09-21/el-biologo-que-analiza-los-ovarios-de-los-mosquitos-para-prevenir-la-malaria-en-venezuela.html

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20 Sep

"Modelling predicted a significant increase in #malaria cases & deaths in #SSA due to the #COVID19 #pandemic - while highly endemic countries reported evidence of decreased malaria cases, low endemic countries reported higher numbers..." @MalariaJournal
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Supporting Frontline Health Workers in Nigerian Conflict Zones (with SC Johnson and Nothing But Nets)