The DNDi@20 free medical camp kicked off today at St. Comboni Kacheliba Girls Primary School in West Pokot County.

We have partnered with FIND,
Rotary District 9212, Kenya Medical Research Institute , Ministry of Health , Action Against Hunger, Kenya to screen for #mycetoma , #leishmaniasis , non-communicable diseases among others.

👏🏾Mei Trueba & Ffion Staniland, 4th-year medical student BSMS, presented their research at International Labour Organization Regulating Decent Work Conference

Their presentation explored whether (and how) import bans can be an effective tool for improving working conditions 👇🏾 #ResearchWithImpact

The world’s first randomized double-blind clinical trial on fungal #mycetoma was completed last year in 🇸🇩Sudan by Mycetoma Research Center, partners & Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.

Current treatments are costly, ineffective, & have serious side effects. More in this Inter Press Service story. bit.ly/41kKcL8

. #NTDs affect over 1.7 billion of the world's poorest & most vulnerable people.

We must prioritize #innovation for the prevention, diagnosis & treatment of NTDs to achieve a healthier, more equitable world for all. #BestScienceForAll #WorldHealthDay

WHO’s first global meeting on skin NTDs calls for greater efforts to address their burden: who.int/news/item/31-0…

Treatment for #mycetoma is costly for patients. Some of the factors that come to play include:

☑️ Complexity of the studies with low patience prevalence.
☑️ Remote, hard to reach areas
☑️ Lengthy, health seeking pathway
☑️ High burden on health systems
☑️ Disability/amputation.

'For decades, people affected by #mycetoma have been largely ignored by medical research.'

Dr. Borna Nyaoke-Anoke in The Telegraph article on the risk of pandemics from fungal pathogens. Mycetoma is a fungal disease that slowly eats away at flesh. #beatNTDs bit.ly/3Kp56n6

.@profahfahal and members of the National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme in Cote d'Ivoire: Koffi Yao Didier, head of the biology research department, Koffi Aboa Paul, deputy director, and Kaloga Mamadou, coordinating director.

Dr. Sucheta Waghmare MD, New York University, Dallas Smith, Mycotic Diseases Branch, CDC, Corrinne Joseph Tendo, School of Global Public Health, NYU, and @profahfahal at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on #skinNTDs .

#Mycetoma is a devastating, slow-growing infection transmitted by a thorn prick that leads to deformities & disability.

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and partners have been running the world's first clinical trial on Fosravuconazole treatment with Mycetoma Research Center, Eisai US and other partners. #SkinNTDs

Early & accurate diagnosis of the causative organisms for #mycetoma can guide proper patient management & treatment.

Today Prof Wendy van de Sande from Erasmus MC Intl noted that molecular identification is one of the most reliable identification tools for mycetoma. #SkinNTDs

Drug discovery takes years & tougher for neglected tropical disease like #Mycetoma - 12 yrs: 2013 to 2025 drug registration - and coat $8 million. At start it was not even recognized as World Health Organization (WHO) #NTD Mycetoma Research Center Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative life changing for patients #SkinNTDs #beatNTDs

.wwjvdsande and Professor Ahmed Hassan Fahal at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on #skinNTDs .

At the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting on #skinNTDs .