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Happy World NTD Day! Incredibly proud to be part of the #beatntds community, supporting governments to eliminate NTDs and sustain health services for all 🦟🪱💊
Today we are joining @WHO and the #NTD community to celebrate #WorldNTDDay! We are proud to lead @USAIDGH’s Act to End NTDs | East program and support countries to #beatntds by:
💊Delivering 186+ million treatments
🚻Treating 64+ million persons
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Laura Cane retweeted
In honor of #WorldNTDDay, we are celebrating progress made towards the elimination of neglected tropical diseases.
⏩ @USAIDGH’s Act to End NTDs | East program, RTI is proud to support countries to #beatntds. Together, we can unite, act, and #beatntds!
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#WorldNTDDay is HERE
Check out this comic from our team in Indonesia that follows Sista and Fil as they celebrate Indonesia’s journey towards the elimination of neglected tropical diseases. 🧵1/8
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Laura Cane retweeted
In honor of #WorldNTDDay, we are putting #NTDs in focus! Here are 5️⃣ NTDs we are working to eliminate through @USAIDGH’s Act to End NTDs | East program - and some things you should know about them
#UniteActEliminate
👏 👏 👏 Thanks @SenatorWicker for continuing to champion efforts to #beatntds! @USAIDGH support is having an incredible impact on the health of millions around the world 🌍 We must stay committed!
Neglected tropical diseases should remain high on our country’s health agenda until the harm and suffering they cause is a thing of the past. There are concrete steps we can take to build on progress and finish the job.
My latest for @TheHillOpinion
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Laura Cane retweeted
10 USAID supported countries have eliminated more than 1 NTD and in the next 5 yrs 15 additional USAID supported countries will be targeted to eliminate an NTD
The US has endorsed the #KigaliDeclaration
Jonathan Kamin @USAIDGH Mission Director for Rwanda and Burundi #KigaliSummit
Coffee ☕️ and a great start to #SIDUSConference - always great to hear @PowerUSAID share her vision for inclusive development! Happy to be attending virtually on behalf of @RTI_INTL_DEV
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A new study shows that urgent action is needed to tackle the impact of early childhood schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) on education. Scientists at the @EdinburghUni and @UniversityOfZim working in @TibaPartnership focused on children aged five years and below ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectiou…
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If you think the delta #SARSCoV2 variant is just the *same old, same old*, think again—these countries were all countries who had been quite successful in controlling the first couple of #COVID19 waves. If you can #GetTheShot—for yourself, for your loved ones, for your community
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50! Congrats to #TropicalData on reaching the 50th country surveyed for trachoma and to these AWESOME teams that make it happen 🎉
Did you know that every 26 seconds, someone is examined for trachoma as part of a population-based survey? Now, 50 countries have been reached! Meet the global community working to #EndTrachoma. #TropicalData bit.ly/3eepsii
Laura Cane retweeted
.@LindseyGrahamSC at Senate Appropriations #SFOPS hearing: “Every time somebody from @USAID interacts with a person in a faraway place, it makes America safer, because generally speaking it’s good branding for our country. So I hope we can find a way to plus up the budget.”
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Happy #WorldNTDDay from @USAIDGH’s Act to End NTDs program! We are proud to be supporting health ministries to plan, implement & finance their own solutions to #BeatNTDs bit.ly/2XfClkq
It’s #WorldNTDDay! Did you know #1in5 people (1.7 BILLION) globally 🌍🌏🌎 are affected by disfiguring, disabling Neglected Tropical Diseases?⏱ It’s time to #BeatNTDs & #EndTheNeglect! I challenge @lisarotondo @MikeDFrenchy @molliverstravel @StoriesbySumon @becijayne
It’s #WorldNTDDay! Did you know #1in5 people (1.7 BILLION) globally 🌍🌏🌎 are affected by disfiguring, disabling Neglected Tropical Diseases?⏱ It’s time to #BeatNTDs & #EndTheNeglect! I challenge @char331 @sruti0105 @LauraCane7 @KellyABridges & @Beyonce (b/c dream big!)!
Proud to be a part of this important work to improve the health and lives of so many people. A tremendous example of @USAID’s impact #usaidtransforms #beatNTDs
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