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The latest Schisto Bulletin is out. Full of news, updates, articles, tools, opportunities and grants. Check it out here bit.ly/SchistoBulle...
The latest Schisto Bulletin is out. Full of #schistosomiasis news, updates, articles, tools, opportunities and grants. Check it out here bit.ly/SchistoBulle...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The latest Schisto Bulletin is out. Full of #schistosomiasis news, updates, articles, tools, opportunities and grants. Check it out here bit.ly/SchistoBulle...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Learning about schistosome and snail ecology with Bonnie Webster and Tom Pennance @schistosoma.bsky.social at the @lien-london.bsky.social meeting hosted by @nhm-london.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Learning about schistosome and snail ecology with Bonnie Webster and Tom Pennance @schistosoma.bsky.social at the @lien-london.bsky.social meeting hosted by @nhm-london.bsky.social.
The latest Schisto Bulletin is out. Full of news, updates, articles, tools, opportunities and grants. Check it out here bit.ly/SchistoBulle...
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The latest Schisto Bulletin is out. Full of news, updates, articles, tools, opportunities and grants. Check it out here bit.ly/SchistoBulle...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Thank you to everyone who came along to the London Research in Progress yesterday!
Held at the @lshtm.bsky.social, the event featured ten fantastic abstract presentations from ECRs who presented their unpublished research in progress.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming events: www.rstmh.org/events
Held at the @lshtm.bsky.social, the event featured ten fantastic abstract presentations from ECRs who presented their unpublished research in progress.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming events: www.rstmh.org/events
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thank you to everyone who came along to the London Research in Progress yesterday!
Held at the @lshtm.bsky.social, the event featured ten fantastic abstract presentations from ECRs who presented their unpublished research in progress.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming events: www.rstmh.org/events
Held at the @lshtm.bsky.social, the event featured ten fantastic abstract presentations from ECRs who presented their unpublished research in progress.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming events: www.rstmh.org/events
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
📝 Read blog by Dr Nathalie Beloum, one of our new WHO/TDR Fellows!
She shares insights into the application process, her upcoming projects, first impressions and hopes for the placement.
@who.int #TDRnews
👉 Read www.iddo.org/news/introdu...
She shares insights into the application process, her upcoming projects, first impressions and hopes for the placement.
@who.int #TDRnews
👉 Read www.iddo.org/news/introdu...
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📝 Read blog by Dr Nathalie Beloum, one of our new WHO/TDR Fellows!
She shares insights into the application process, her upcoming projects, first impressions and hopes for the placement.
@who.int #TDRnews
👉 Read www.iddo.org/news/introdu...
She shares insights into the application process, her upcoming projects, first impressions and hopes for the placement.
@who.int #TDRnews
👉 Read www.iddo.org/news/introdu...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
🚨 🚨 We’re hiring a new Head of Data Engineering & Informatics to lead our data strategy & drive innovation
Based 📍 Oxford, UK | Apply now: www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
#DataEngineering #GlobalHealth @UniofOxfordJobs #recruitment
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Based 📍 Oxford, UK | Apply now: www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
#DataEngineering #GlobalHealth @UniofOxfordJobs #recruitment
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 🚨 We’re hiring a new Head of Data Engineering & Informatics to lead our data strategy & drive innovation
Based 📍 Oxford, UK | Apply now: www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
#DataEngineering #GlobalHealth @UniofOxfordJobs #recruitment
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Based 📍 Oxford, UK | Apply now: www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
#DataEngineering #GlobalHealth @UniofOxfordJobs #recruitment
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Lookin at a pragmatic path from research to practice in treating PSAC for schistosomiasis, today's @isntd.org Connect unpacks findings from a landmark trial in Uganda comparing PZQ dosing regimens, and discuss the urgent need & practical steps to include this age group in treatment strategies.
Today's @isntd.org webinar focuses on the off-label treatment” use of standard praziquantel to treat under 5yr olds. New study shows dosage & safety for 40 mg/kg vs. 80 mg/kg.
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Safety and efficacy of praziquantel 40 mg/kg versus 80 mg/kg in preschool-aged children with intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: a 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 randomis...
Two 40 mg/kg doses given 3 hours apart are safe, well tolerated, and more effective
in achieving parasitic cure than the current proposed single 40 mg/kg dose. Until
a paediatric formulation of praziq...
thelancet.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lookin at a pragmatic path from research to practice in treating PSAC for schistosomiasis, today's @isntd.org Connect unpacks findings from a landmark trial in Uganda comparing PZQ dosing regimens, and discuss the urgent need & practical steps to include this age group in treatment strategies.
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Today's @isntd.org webinar focuses on the off-label treatment” use of standard praziquantel to treat under 5yr olds. New study shows dosage & safety for 40 mg/kg vs. 80 mg/kg.
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Safety and efficacy of praziquantel 40 mg/kg versus 80 mg/kg in preschool-aged children with intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: a 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 randomis...
Two 40 mg/kg doses given 3 hours apart are safe, well tolerated, and more effective
in achieving parasitic cure than the current proposed single 40 mg/kg dose. Until
a paediatric formulation of praziq...
thelancet.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today's @isntd.org webinar focuses on the off-label treatment” use of standard praziquantel to treat under 5yr olds. New study shows dosage & safety for 40 mg/kg vs. 80 mg/kg.
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Today's @isntd.org webinar focuses on the off-label treatment” use of standard praziquantel to treat under 5yr olds. New study shows dosage & safety for 40 mg/kg vs. 80 mg/kg.
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Safety and efficacy of praziquantel 40 mg/kg versus 80 mg/kg in preschool-aged children with intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda: a 2 × 2 factorial, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 randomis...
Two 40 mg/kg doses given 3 hours apart are safe, well tolerated, and more effective
in achieving parasitic cure than the current proposed single 40 mg/kg dose. Until
a paediatric formulation of praziq...
thelancet.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today's @isntd.org webinar focuses on the off-label treatment” use of standard praziquantel to treat under 5yr olds. New study shows dosage & safety for 40 mg/kg vs. 80 mg/kg.
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
📄 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Don't miss the upcoming @gsa.bsky.social & @isntd.org webinar on tackling schistosomiasis in preschool children: 'Optimising schistosomiasis treatment for preschool-aged children: A pragmatic approach from research to practice'
👉Nov 26 | 13.00 UTC
👉https://tinyurl.com/preschoolschisto
👉Nov 26 | 13.00 UTC
👉https://tinyurl.com/preschoolschisto
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Don't miss the upcoming @gsa.bsky.social & @isntd.org webinar on tackling schistosomiasis in preschool children: 'Optimising schistosomiasis treatment for preschool-aged children: A pragmatic approach from research to practice'
👉Nov 26 | 13.00 UTC
👉https://tinyurl.com/preschoolschisto
👉Nov 26 | 13.00 UTC
👉https://tinyurl.com/preschoolschisto
Join us for this key webinar: Optimising schistosomiasis treatment for preschool-aged children - a pragmatic approach from research to practice
🗓️ 26 November 2025
🕐 13:00–14:30 UTC
🌐 English with French interpretation
Register via: www.isntd.org/isntd-connect
#Schistosomiasis #WorldChildrensDay
🗓️ 26 November 2025
🕐 13:00–14:30 UTC
🌐 English with French interpretation
Register via: www.isntd.org/isntd-connect
#Schistosomiasis #WorldChildrensDay
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us for this key webinar: Optimising schistosomiasis treatment for preschool-aged children - a pragmatic approach from research to practice
🗓️ 26 November 2025
🕐 13:00–14:30 UTC
🌐 English with French interpretation
Register via: www.isntd.org/isntd-connect
#Schistosomiasis #WorldChildrensDay
🗓️ 26 November 2025
🕐 13:00–14:30 UTC
🌐 English with French interpretation
Register via: www.isntd.org/isntd-connect
#Schistosomiasis #WorldChildrensDay
We’ll always need the toilet #WorldToiletDay
Whatever the future holds, we’ll always rely on sanitation to protect us from diseases like #schistosomiasis.
But today, 3.4 billion people still don’t have a safe toilet.
See how we can change that: www.worldtoiletday.org
buff.ly/CpwVoqh
Whatever the future holds, we’ll always rely on sanitation to protect us from diseases like #schistosomiasis.
But today, 3.4 billion people still don’t have a safe toilet.
See how we can change that: www.worldtoiletday.org
buff.ly/CpwVoqh
World Toilet Day 2025 - We’ll always need the toilet
World Toilet Day 2025 (19 November) is about sanitation in a changing world.
Here are three things to know:
We’ll always need the toilet. No matter what lies ahead, we will always rely on…
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We’ll always need the toilet #WorldToiletDay
Whatever the future holds, we’ll always rely on sanitation to protect us from diseases like #schistosomiasis.
But today, 3.4 billion people still don’t have a safe toilet.
See how we can change that: www.worldtoiletday.org
buff.ly/CpwVoqh
Whatever the future holds, we’ll always rely on sanitation to protect us from diseases like #schistosomiasis.
But today, 3.4 billion people still don’t have a safe toilet.
See how we can change that: www.worldtoiletday.org
buff.ly/CpwVoqh
🎗️ 17 Nov is #CervicalCancerElimination Day.
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎗️ 17 Nov is #CervicalCancerElimination Day.
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
🎗️ 17 Nov is #CervicalCancerElimination Day.
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎗️ 17 Nov is #CervicalCancerElimination Day.
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
Female genital schistosomiasis (#FGSchisto) affects millions of women and girls, yet it is invisible in cervical cancer strategies.
FGS ↑ risk of HPV/HIV & mimics cervical cancer.
🧩Integration saves lives.
Learn more: bit.ly/FIG-schisto
#BeatNTDs #SRHR
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
We are launching a photo competition!
We want our members & Fellows to capture the intersection between global health and technology, and how the digital revolution – including artificial intelligence – is changing how we practice healthcare.
Apply now: www.rstmh.org/news-blog/bl...
We want our members & Fellows to capture the intersection between global health and technology, and how the digital revolution – including artificial intelligence – is changing how we practice healthcare.
Apply now: www.rstmh.org/news-blog/bl...
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are launching a photo competition!
We want our members & Fellows to capture the intersection between global health and technology, and how the digital revolution – including artificial intelligence – is changing how we practice healthcare.
Apply now: www.rstmh.org/news-blog/bl...
We want our members & Fellows to capture the intersection between global health and technology, and how the digital revolution – including artificial intelligence – is changing how we practice healthcare.
Apply now: www.rstmh.org/news-blog/bl...
#Climatechange is redrawing the risk map for infectious diseases like #schistosomiasis. At #COP30, lets action climate-resilient health systems = #climatejustice is #healthjustice.
Check out the Health Pavilion- organized by @who.int , @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Check out the Health Pavilion- organized by @who.int , @wellcometrust.bsky.social
COP30 Health Pavilion
WHO in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust and the health community will host the Health Pavilion at the COP30 UN Climate Conference, taking place in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. The…
www.who.int
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#Climatechange is redrawing the risk map for infectious diseases like #schistosomiasis. At #COP30, lets action climate-resilient health systems = #climatejustice is #healthjustice.
Check out the Health Pavilion- organized by @who.int , @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Check out the Health Pavilion- organized by @who.int , @wellcometrust.bsky.social
🎓 Are you heading to @astmh.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Toronto?
📍 Wondering where to find all the schisto-focused talks, posters, and symposia?
We’ve got you covered.
🔗 Explore our guide to all things #schistosomiasis at #ASTMH2025:
👉 buff.ly/GiSXKyM
📍 Wondering where to find all the schisto-focused talks, posters, and symposia?
We’ve got you covered.
🔗 Explore our guide to all things #schistosomiasis at #ASTMH2025:
👉 buff.ly/GiSXKyM
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎓 Are you heading to @astmh.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Toronto?
📍 Wondering where to find all the schisto-focused talks, posters, and symposia?
We’ve got you covered.
🔗 Explore our guide to all things #schistosomiasis at #ASTMH2025:
👉 buff.ly/GiSXKyM
📍 Wondering where to find all the schisto-focused talks, posters, and symposia?
We’ve got you covered.
🔗 Explore our guide to all things #schistosomiasis at #ASTMH2025:
👉 buff.ly/GiSXKyM
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
🌎 For the first time, health adaptation to climate change is on the #COP30 agenda, and our team is heading to Belém, in Brazil, to follow this historic debate up close.
👉 If you’re attending COP30, check out our agenda and join the conversation. ⤵️
👉 If you’re attending COP30, check out our agenda and join the conversation. ⤵️
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🌎 For the first time, health adaptation to climate change is on the #COP30 agenda, and our team is heading to Belém, in Brazil, to follow this historic debate up close.
👉 If you’re attending COP30, check out our agenda and join the conversation. ⤵️
👉 If you’re attending COP30, check out our agenda and join the conversation. ⤵️
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
🌍 Join us at #COP30 for an important discussion on climate change and infectious diseases.
Hosted by @cepi.net, @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social, @gavi.org, @mmv.org, @unitaid.bsky.social, and DNDi.
💻 Click here to watch live: who.int/news-room/ev...
Hosted by @cepi.net, @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social, @gavi.org, @mmv.org, @unitaid.bsky.social, and DNDi.
💻 Click here to watch live: who.int/news-room/ev...
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🌍 Join us at #COP30 for an important discussion on climate change and infectious diseases.
Hosted by @cepi.net, @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social, @gavi.org, @mmv.org, @unitaid.bsky.social, and DNDi.
💻 Click here to watch live: who.int/news-room/ev...
Hosted by @cepi.net, @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social, @gavi.org, @mmv.org, @unitaid.bsky.social, and DNDi.
💻 Click here to watch live: who.int/news-room/ev...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
🌍 South–South collaboration in action: Zanzibar x Malawi on #schistosomiasis:
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌍 South–South collaboration in action: Zanzibar x Malawi on #schistosomiasis:
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Thanks to donations to our Christmas Big Give campaign last year, local teams travelled across Malawi over the summer to map where schistosomiasis infections persist and change over time, helping guide the next steps to eliminate the disease. Learn more ⬇️ sway.cloud.microsoft/iEbBDKm1u9dq...
Finding the hotspots: mapping schistosomiasis in Malawi
A look at how your support helped teams reach communities, collect data, and guide the next steps in eliminating disease.
sway.cloud.microsoft
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Thanks to donations to our Christmas Big Give campaign last year, local teams travelled across Malawi over the summer to map where schistosomiasis infections persist and change over time, helping guide the next steps to eliminate the disease. Learn more ⬇️ sway.cloud.microsoft/iEbBDKm1u9dq...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
Join us Nov 6 (3–4:30 PM EAT) for a webinar on bridging the gap between research & policy for #NTDs amid shifting funding.
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Join us Nov 6 (3–4:30 PM EAT) for a webinar on bridging the gap between research & policy for #NTDs amid shifting funding.
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
At #CPHIA2025, we hosted the only side event dedicated to NTDs. Eliminating diseases like leishmaniasis, mycetoma & dengue requires more than commitment.
➡️ It demands innovation in diagnostic tools, treatment options & understanding disease burden to better inform interventions.
➡️ It demands innovation in diagnostic tools, treatment options & understanding disease burden to better inform interventions.
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
At #CPHIA2025, we hosted the only side event dedicated to NTDs. Eliminating diseases like leishmaniasis, mycetoma & dengue requires more than commitment.
➡️ It demands innovation in diagnostic tools, treatment options & understanding disease burden to better inform interventions.
➡️ It demands innovation in diagnostic tools, treatment options & understanding disease burden to better inform interventions.
🌍 South–South collaboration in action: Zanzibar x Malawi on #schistosomiasis:
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌍 South–South collaboration in action: Zanzibar x Malawi on #schistosomiasis:
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
🔹 Snail vector techniques & ecological considerations
🔹 Cross-sector collaboration
🔹 Adapting Zanzibar’s approach to Malawi’s context
🔹#SouthSouthCooperation drive sustainable #BeatNTDs solutions
📖: buff.ly/4QmUbWx
Check out the latest research & training funding opportunities, news, articles and upcoming events is the October 2025 issue of the #Schistosomiasis Research Update newsletter.
Read is here: mailchi.mp/22f28fa98252...
Read is here: mailchi.mp/22f28fa98252...
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out the latest research & training funding opportunities, news, articles and upcoming events is the October 2025 issue of the #Schistosomiasis Research Update newsletter.
Read is here: mailchi.mp/22f28fa98252...
Read is here: mailchi.mp/22f28fa98252...