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Didier Bakajika, retweeted
Busy day for the WHO WR today, meetings with:
1️⃣ HQ/AFRO & country mission on district management
2️⃣Technical team on next @GlobalFund malaria submission
3️⃣Support to STP lymphatic filariasis elimination submission
4️⃣W/ RCO head on election process, as the WR is acting RC
Didier Bakajika, retweeted
River blindness still affects millions in the African Region, yet it is preventable.
WHO/AFRO’s Dr Didier Bakajika explains how it is transmitted, who is most at risk, and the progress being made to eliminate the disease.
afro.who.int/news/river-blin…
Fieldwork in Nkayi district, Republic of Congo (Nov 27- Dec 6, 2024): Trained and supervised independent supervisors for post MDA coverage surveys on onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. Quality data ensures no one is left behind! #NTDs#HealthForAll.
Didier Bakajika, retweeted
5e édition #octobrerosepourlesfemmesnoires est encore nécessaire. Inégalités en santé, accès à la prévention et aux soins demeurent. Ensemble, pour plus de survivantes ! #octobrerose2024 @uicc @cancersociety @FondationDNT @CancerseinQC @IARCWHO @WHO
Didier Bakajika, retweeted
The Annual Regional Meeting of National Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Programme Managers in the @WHOAFRO is underway in Brazzaville, Congo.
The meeting will foster collaboration, experience sharing, and the development of strategies to #EndNTDs.
#EndingDiseasesInAfrica
Didier Bakajika, retweeted
"If we do business as usual, we are not going to achieve our goals" - Dr Didier Bakajika, ESPEN/WHO @_dbakajika #stampoutoncho
Didier Bakajika, retweeted
"What gets measured gets done" @mwelentuli
Join @WHO at a webinar next week discussing how Monitoring and Evaluation are critical to the success of reaching the #NTDRoadMap2030 targets and to #beatNTDs.
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Job vacancy at WHO/HQ. Medical Officer (Prevention, Treatment and Care of Neglected Tropical Diseases) careers.who.int/careersectio…
La Gambie viens d’être reconnue par l’OMS comme ayant éliminé le trachome comme un problème de santé publique.
Ivermectin is effective for COVID-19.
1 in 8 million probability that the results of the 23 studies to date are from an ineffective treatment (p=0.00000012).
ivmmeta.com/ #c19study via @CovidAnalysis
The WHO newly released World Malaria Report 2020 shows that despite remarkable progress, the global gains in combatting malaria have levelled off in recent years, and #COVID19 has further exacerbated these challenges.
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