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2024 @ControlScabies : 6th Nov Europe/Africa Timezone(Sign-up us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...) & 18th Nov Asia/Pacific Timezone (Sign-up us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...). Updates about research & efforts towards control of this Neglected Tropical Disease.
Control Scabies retweeted
What is optimal MDA strategy #Scabies @medrxivpreprint bit.ly/3tM9m72 Our data emphasises need health system changes to sustain gains
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@bridges2develoe excited to be in @visitPNG on @MectizanMDP 35th anniversary doing a survey with support from @TakedaPharma to expand IDA treatment to #eliminateLF with #skinNTD including #yaws, @ZeroLeprosy and @ControlScabies. Stories to share @ASTMH in Seattle! #beatNTDs
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Such a great achievement - World Scabies Program and Fiji MOH launch MDA for #scabies in #Fiji - integrated with LF in Vanua Levu.
#BeatNTDs @ControlScabies
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Ooh Aaah - New video!! 📽️
Awesome 3 min summary of #scabies control from World Scabies Program.
Much clearer than my usual 20 min PPT! 😅
Please share
@MCRI_for_kids #BeatNTDs #scicomm #SkinNTDs
youtu.be/QMLIpPa8ek0
Control Scabies retweeted
Scabies is a contagious skin condition that affects 1/3 of #children in #SolomonIslands. To prevent this, #MCRI & Solomon Islands' Ministry of Health are rolling out an #antiparasitic drug to the entire nation, a 🌏 1st for #scabies treatment.
🔗👉 mcri.edu.au/news-stories/ant…
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@CberniBernigaud Stands up for Scabies @glodermalliance / EADVTropical Task Force meeting yesterday @IFDerm @ILDSDerm @ControlScabies
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Two new @WHO Target Product Profiles for NTDs @PLOSNTDs #Yaws bit.ly/3U3933h & #Scabies bit.ly/3ewrInU Thanks to everyone who inputted
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Thanks for raising awareness about this important global public health issue! Scabies affects >450 million people each year, mostly without access to diagnosis or treatment. @ControlScabies aims to eliminate scabies as a public health problem.
controlscabies.org
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The World Scabies Program has commenced the first national program for #scabies control in partnership with #SolomonIslands. Exciting times - hopefully the first of many! #BeatNTDs
Scabies is a contagious skin condition that affects 1/3 of #children in #SolomonIslands. To prevent this, #MCRI & Solomon Islands' Ministry of Health are rolling out an #antiparasitic drug to the entire nation, a 🌏 1st for #scabies treatment.
🔗👉 mcri.edu.au/news-stories/ant…
Control Scabies retweeted
At least 10 of 20 #NTDs present with skin-changes before affecting internal organs or trigger #disabilities. @WHO urges countries to integrate cross-cutting approaches bit.ly/3ObTTVN to address the silent suffering & #stigma associated with #skinNTDs
Control Scabies retweeted
Link to #OpenAccess @TheJEACP paper here - doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.26
Control Scabies retweeted
Our new paper @MillieOsti @MCRI_for_kids #SolomonIslands provides most detailed analysis of body distribution of #scabies lesions. Results support 2020 @ControlScabies diagnostic criteria descriptions. Differences by age + sex. See @TheJEACP doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.26 #BeatNTDs
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⏰Make sure you get your Early Career Grant application, including both references, in by the deadline of 17:00 BST on 29 April 2022 ⏰
Open for applications from global health researchers & professionals based anywhere in the world.
rstmh.org/grants
Control Scabies retweeted
Out now @LancetRH_WPac - mass drug admin for #Scabies in #Fiji ➡️major reduction in hospitalization & clinic visits for skin / soft tissue infections (esp abscess).
Big news from Big SHIFT! 👏👏 Li Jun Thean et al. #BeatNTDs doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.202…
ALT Figure showing reduced soft tissue infections after MDA for scabies
Control Scabies retweeted
Apply for a grant of up to £5,000 (GBP) to deliver a project over one year by 29 April 2022
Control Scabies retweeted
Efforts to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a
global health success story, but there is still a lot more work
to be done before the world is free of NTDs. We must all be
#100percentCommitted to 100 countries eliminating an NTD
by 2030 bit.ly/3g4SeCx
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Thrilled and delighted to be a part of the GOAL trial team – published in @NEJM this week.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
What is the GOAL trial and what does it mean? A thread.
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Control Scabies retweeted
Please give input diagnostic #TPPs #mycetoma bit.ly/3q7nIyc #scabies bit.ly/3BL3fBd #yaws bit.ly/302gUXI Comments to me or @KingsleyAsied11
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In a cluster randomized trial, @DrMyraHardy and colleagues compare mass drug administration of one-dose and two-dose ivermectin-based treatment for community control of #scabies: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed… @JosaiaSamuela @Dan_Engelman @ljr_leanne @MelbourneGlobal @MCRI_for_kids
