The 77th World Health Assembly is around the corner.

We are excited to share details of five events, initiatives and spaces that must be on your #WHA77 radar.

You can learn more in our latest newsletter.

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Happy #WorldChagasDay ! We celebrated as a FLORIDA team by hosting a health fair in farming community in north Florida! Brought a mobile unit and saw some patients for primary care! UF Mobile Outreach positive rapid #Chagas 😳 FLORIDA_EPI FLORIDAatWork FLORIDAMedicine #Chagas is here!! Become #Chagas Champion

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Noma is an ancient disease, with the earliest description being found in a medical textbook from the first century. Despite its long history, very little is known about the disease. Learn more: bit.ly/4cVp9FG Via The Conversation #NTDs

#Film4Health Honored to be selected ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ 5th annual Health for All Film Festival #OneHealth #TeamScience FLORIDA ⁦FLORIDAexplore⁩ ⁦FLORIDA_EPI⁩ ⁦FLORIDAMedicine⁩ ⁦FLORIDAWildlife⁩ ⁦UF IFAS FMEL⁩ ⁦UF Mobile Outreach⁩ We are tackling #Chagas ! youtube.com/watch?v=WTdIYO…

Diana Yousef of GLIDE, in conversation with Dr Sarthak Das, CEO of Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance, on the importance of #political commitment & regional #advocacy to help achieve #ZeroMalaria .

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#EliminationExchange

Joining us tomorrow lunchtime?

Come and hear some real-life examples of implementing multi-sectoral coordination in support of efforts to reach the @who #NTDRoaddmap2030 goals.

📆 Tuesday 16 April
🕐 13:00 BST/08:00 EST

Register here ➡️ events.teams.microsoft.com/event/50431355…

#BeatNTDs

Today is #WorldChagasDay .

But what is #Chagas ? How does it affect millions of lives around the world? And what can be done to improve diagnosis and treatment?

Read on to find out ⬇️ (🧵1/6)

Dr Luis Pizarro Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative #WorldChagasDay is here! I am honored to work with so many passionate people. Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Emerging Pathogens Institute UF Medicine UF Health UF IFAS Wildlife UF IFAS FMEL

It's #WorldChagasDiseaseDay
#ChagasDisease  has the most disproportionate impact among Latin America's poorest communities but it is increasingly detected elsewhere. With an estimated 6-7M people infected globally & high mortality it is a significant public health threat.

13 April 2024
Bluffton, South Carolina

I am very excited to report that our manuscript was published this morning in IJMS MDPI on #ChagasDisease & #HAT research. Many thanks to the entire team for all of the hard work that went into this project. mdpi.com/2750474

Chagas disease can cause great suffering and death. But it’s also preventable and curable.

On World Chagas Disease Day, World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries to invest in early detection and care, so that people with Chagas disease can live healthy and productive lives.

This #WorldChagasDiseaseDay , we have compiled an collection of recent articles on chagas from our journal #Transactions

Read them here: rstmh.org/news-blog/blog…

#Chagas #WorldChagasDay #globalhealth

Today is #WorldChagasDay .

To eliminate Chagas, we need to end the neglect of people with this parasitic killer disease. Our new Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative film shows how Norman Beatty and his team at @EPI_UF are doing just that. Please watch and share.

bit.ly/Kissing-Bug-Do…

It's #WorldChagasDay ! A better understanding of the understudied mother-child transmission route is pivotal in reducing the burden worldwide of this 'silent disease'. Find out more with Dr Gold Mundo Sano & Elise Rapp HESAV Lausanne
🎥youtu.be/QdV20UlvToI

#WorldChagasDay New film!

#Chagas is on the rise in the US. Over 300,000 people have it, but very few have been tested or treated.

🎞️ Watch how a group of scientists and doctors are working to end this neglect in ‘The Kissing Bug Doctors of Florida’. ⬇️
bit.ly/Kissing-Bug-Do…

Ahead of #WorldChagasDay , the latest edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases has a timely editorial highlighting challenges and opportunities for better #Chagas treatment.

📖 Read it now: thelancet.com/issue/S1473-30…

Thank you Coalición Chagas & PAHO/WHO for bringing together various stakeholders in the run-up to #WorldChagasDay to discuss how raising awareness and improving access to healthcare are key to eliminate Chagas as a public health problem #chagas

🙏🏽 for this great session highlighting the experiences of people living with #Chagas Disease, the critical role that One Health plays in controlling this disease, & the need for early detection & care for life for everyone at risk of and living with chagas disease. #BeatNTDs