I travelled almost 30k miles in the last 2 weeks and met a lot of interesting people; the best flight was was the one with on his way to #TropMed22 in Seattle.
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presented that one dose or 3 daily doses of ivermectin plus DEC and ALB has significant macrofilaricial effects vs. adult O. volvulus worms. IDA is currently the best short course oral treatment for onchocerciasis and may contribute to #onchoelimination
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How has climate change impacted your work in global health? Your thoughts on climate action? We thank all who have participated in the Climate Survey and would love to hear from those who have yet to take it! #GoGreenASTMH
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Green Task Force survey deadline extended to December 19. If you haven't already, please give us your thoughts on taking climate action here: surveymonkey.com/r/F2H9BWN
#GoGreenASTMH
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Saluting 🫡 our veterans today for your service to ending diseases that afflict far too many who are often far too forgotten. 🇺🇸🌍🌏🙏
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The LMIC Membership Campaign allows ASTMH to share knowledge and opportunity to build the network needed to combat pandemics and endemic diseases. Your donations have provided memberships for 48% of our goal of 1,000 members! Give now to get us to 100%. tinyurl.com/ytz35w5v
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We had an amazing time at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Pretty neat to see these numbers, including 115 countries represented and 1,507 first-time attendees #TropMed22 #IamTropMed
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Ghana's #NTD Deputy Director, Dr. Joseph Opere shared results on "How the schistosomiasis oversampling study informs the optimal sampling strategy for sub-district decisions" at the 2022
annual meeting.
#Kikundi_CoP #BeatNTDs
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The Director of #NTDs in the Dr. Kofi Asenanyi-Mensah shared Ghana's experience at the 2022 symposium: "An Innovative Approach to Improve Preventive Chemotherapy for Neglected Tropical Diseases".
#Kikundi_CoP #BeatNTDs #EndTheNeglect
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⚡️ “RTI AT ASTMH 2022”
Here is a recap of RTI's activities at the
annual meeting this year in Seattle, Washington.
#TropMed22 ⬇️
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If you were not able to join us for Dr Lambrechts' webinar, you may see it here: zoom.us/rec/share/h8eU.
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As CEO , I am happy to say this is only one story of soooo many similar stories. It was positive reinforcement for me to meet you, Jessy (you're impressive!) and 're-meet' so many others in the #tropmed universe! Chicago next year (and not over Halloween 😉)
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This year's @ASTMH Annual Meeting was also a great opportunity for me to meet my former colleagues from #Malawi, #Madagascar and #Cameroon 
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How much do you know about #Neuroangiostrongyliasis or #ratlungworm disease? Our recently published review article discusses this parasitic disease globally, while focusing in greater detail on the US, especially Hawaii: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.
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ICYMI, the Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme for Women in NTDs was announced at #TropMed22 by Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa. Applications will open in December. youtube.com/watch?v=nsrmja
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We have some PWB stickers left from the 2022 Annual Meeting. Send us your mailing address to parasiteswithoutborders@gmail.com and we'll send a few your way!
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Inspiring insights from #TropMed22 by of highlighting the power of this scientific community:
"... we are unified by a single mission to accelerate the pace of ending diseases, like #malaria, and saving lives." iamtropmed.org/blog/2022/11/0
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A new report found the potential for larger, deadlier outbreaks of monkeypox – as the more dangerous Clade 1 of the virus becomes more transmissible, writes @StefanCAnderson.
@DanielBausch2 | @kcharniga | @WHO | @ASTMH
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It was wonderful to have and team with us in #Seattle. Hear from him about priorities and why being at after 3 years mattered. iamtropmed.org/blog/2022/11/0
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Fascinating week #TropMed22
Great to share some prelim FIEBRE data. If you missed our presentations, you can view them online & learn more about our research👇lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr
Thanks to all our partners for making this happen!
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My regular spot day after #TropMed22 …couch, #netflix, catching my breath along with the incredible team 🙏 who are doing the same. What a homecoming it was! A collective battery recharge for the 4+k 🌍 with us is Seattle. Let’s do it again in Chicago Oct 2023 🥰
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And… that’s a wrap on #TropMed22!
Thank you to the 4,000 in person folks and 700 virtual folks that were able to join us. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago for TropMed23!
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Oftentimes, being a scientist is about sharing the facts. But what about the feeling? Combining both, you get closer to the heart.
Read about ’s stories from the field presented at #TropMed22's first StorySlam here:
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Together in person at #TropMed22 for the first time in three years!
provides an opportunity for PATH and our global partners to come together to share our wide breadth of #malaria control and elimination efforts rooted in deep technical expertise. bit.ly/3W94SE9
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Thank you for supporting my travel award to attend #TropMed22. I am incredibly honoured. I have made new friends too ❤️❤️
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Just resume My #TropMed2022 by Learning how to combine malaria interventions: from trials to modeling and optimizing the impact of implementation.
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... leaving #TropMed2022, . Met old friends, expanded my network with good new friends, got a bag full of research ideas and possible collaborations, learned a lot from great presentation, and posters. Goodbye Seattle... see you all in Chicago for TropMed23!
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, Taylor & I took a break from #tropmed22 to check out , which has super interactive exhibits, a reflection room to help process the pandemic, and a take action room. Def worth a visit! #ImpatientOptimists
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Thanks to all who joined our sessions & visited our booth this week at #TropMed22. Props to our colleagues who traveled from all over the 🌍 to share their infectious disease expertise. We look forward to in Chicago next year! 👋🏼
More on our work: bit.ly/3DDcmYO
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Is the world ready for triple antimalarial drugs? The discussion is already ongoing, so let's brace ourselves. #IamTropmed22
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Quite impressed with the livestream hybrid talk experience #astmh Ending this year's meeting with a fantastic set of talks on combining malaria modelling and trials to maximise impact
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Final day #TropMed2022
A tribute to Paul E. Farmer, a call for action in global health keeping human rights at the core of our activities.
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Some amazing students, pre-meds, and faculty presented their work caring for Afghan evacuees at #tropmed2022 in Seattle. Made me very #umnproud
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Foram 5 dias de exposição à ciência no @ASTMH e pude estabelecer novos contactos e aprender bastante.
Agradecimento ao @Manhica_CISM e a #TropMed22.
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TY for support of Travel Awards, Alan J. Magill Fellowship, Alan J. Magill Symposium partnership. Your commitment helps #TropMed22 advance our mutual goal to reduce the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improve global health for all.
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Thanks Rhonda and the team for the great work you are doing. It was a pleasure to see you. #TropMed2022 #IamTropMed
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Thanks to my friends , Ralph Ternier, Didi Farmer (joined online), and to my society for paying tribute to Paul Farmer’s passion for human rights this morning. I laughed and cried, and left feeling inspired. “A vision never dies”
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It was a great experience to share my work on geospatial modeling at ASTMH2022 and be recognized with one of the young investigator awards. I met and learned from a lot of great scientists working in NTDs. Thank you 🙏😊
#TropMed22 #IamTropMed
#onchocerciasis #modeling
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