Prof. Sam Kariuki, BVM, MSc, PhD, DSc (Hons, LSTM)
@eadirectordndi.bsky.social
DNDi Eastern Africa Director. Passionate about research in tropical medicine, especially infectious diseases, neglected diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Are you at #CPHIA2025? Join us!
Innovation is the driving force behind eliminating neglected tropical diseases #NTDs, from faster diagnostics to safer treatments & smarter surveillance tools. @dndi.org
🗓️24 Oct, 2025
⏲️16:00 -17:30 SAST
📍Meeting Room 12CD, Durban ICC
Innovation is the driving force behind eliminating neglected tropical diseases #NTDs, from faster diagnostics to safer treatments & smarter surveillance tools. @dndi.org
🗓️24 Oct, 2025
⏲️16:00 -17:30 SAST
📍Meeting Room 12CD, Durban ICC
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Are you at #CPHIA2025? Join us!
Innovation is the driving force behind eliminating neglected tropical diseases #NTDs, from faster diagnostics to safer treatments & smarter surveillance tools. @dndi.org
🗓️24 Oct, 2025
⏲️16:00 -17:30 SAST
📍Meeting Room 12CD, Durban ICC
Innovation is the driving force behind eliminating neglected tropical diseases #NTDs, from faster diagnostics to safer treatments & smarter surveillance tools. @dndi.org
🗓️24 Oct, 2025
⏲️16:00 -17:30 SAST
📍Meeting Room 12CD, Durban ICC
The annual programme review meeting for visceral ##leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa has started in Kampala, Uganda with @dndi.org and The END Fund.
Looking forward to fruitful deliberations on addressing challenges and closing the gaps through partnerships to achieve elimination. #ZeroLeish
Looking forward to fruitful deliberations on addressing challenges and closing the gaps through partnerships to achieve elimination. #ZeroLeish
September 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The annual programme review meeting for visceral ##leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa has started in Kampala, Uganda with @dndi.org and The END Fund.
Looking forward to fruitful deliberations on addressing challenges and closing the gaps through partnerships to achieve elimination. #ZeroLeish
Looking forward to fruitful deliberations on addressing challenges and closing the gaps through partnerships to achieve elimination. #ZeroLeish
We’re excited for @dndi.org to be receiving the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Japan at #TICAD9 in the medical services category for our work in transforming lives and driving innovation where it’s needed most. #GlobalHealth #EndTheNeglect
August 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We’re excited for @dndi.org to be receiving the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Japan at #TICAD9 in the medical services category for our work in transforming lives and driving innovation where it’s needed most. #GlobalHealth #EndTheNeglect
We are proud of Kenya's achievement in eliminating #sleepingsickness as a public health problem, becoming the 10th Nation to eliminate the disease globally.
Elimination is not eradication. We look forward to full integration of HAT interventions in healthcare systems. #beatNTDs bit.ly/45NE6XV
Elimination is not eradication. We look forward to full integration of HAT interventions in healthcare systems. #beatNTDs bit.ly/45NE6XV
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We are proud of Kenya's achievement in eliminating #sleepingsickness as a public health problem, becoming the 10th Nation to eliminate the disease globally.
Elimination is not eradication. We look forward to full integration of HAT interventions in healthcare systems. #beatNTDs bit.ly/45NE6XV
Elimination is not eradication. We look forward to full integration of HAT interventions in healthcare systems. #beatNTDs bit.ly/45NE6XV
Patients like Jennifer silently suffer from #mycetoma, a disease whose global burden is unknown.
@dndi.org and partners are working to reduce disease knowledge gaps & bolster international partnerships to establish transnational clinical studies bit.ly/45jOfet #beatNTDs
@dndi.org and partners are working to reduce disease knowledge gaps & bolster international partnerships to establish transnational clinical studies bit.ly/45jOfet #beatNTDs
August 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Patients like Jennifer silently suffer from #mycetoma, a disease whose global burden is unknown.
@dndi.org and partners are working to reduce disease knowledge gaps & bolster international partnerships to establish transnational clinical studies bit.ly/45jOfet #beatNTDs
@dndi.org and partners are working to reduce disease knowledge gaps & bolster international partnerships to establish transnational clinical studies bit.ly/45jOfet #beatNTDs
Five patients have been successfully treated for #sleepingsickness using a new all-oral drug, Fexinidazole Winthrop after successful clinical trials by @dndi.org
This marks a milestone in the fight against human African trypanosomiasis #NTD spread by tsetse flies. More ➡️ bit.ly/4f7xZln #beatNTDs
This marks a milestone in the fight against human African trypanosomiasis #NTD spread by tsetse flies. More ➡️ bit.ly/4f7xZln #beatNTDs
July 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Five patients have been successfully treated for #sleepingsickness using a new all-oral drug, Fexinidazole Winthrop after successful clinical trials by @dndi.org
This marks a milestone in the fight against human African trypanosomiasis #NTD spread by tsetse flies. More ➡️ bit.ly/4f7xZln #beatNTDs
This marks a milestone in the fight against human African trypanosomiasis #NTD spread by tsetse flies. More ➡️ bit.ly/4f7xZln #beatNTDs
About 50% of people with #leishmaniasis are children. Our goal at @dndi.org is to continue implementing safer, shorter treatments with existing drugs while advancing the development of all-new treatments for affected communities.
Read more in the annual report👉https://bit.ly/4eT4l3c #EndTheNeglect
Read more in the annual report👉https://bit.ly/4eT4l3c #EndTheNeglect
July 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
About 50% of people with #leishmaniasis are children. Our goal at @dndi.org is to continue implementing safer, shorter treatments with existing drugs while advancing the development of all-new treatments for affected communities.
Read more in the annual report👉https://bit.ly/4eT4l3c #EndTheNeglect
Read more in the annual report👉https://bit.ly/4eT4l3c #EndTheNeglect
Despite the ongoing conflict in Sudan, @dndi.org is actively working on the registration of fosravuconazole treatment, following favourable response on sharing the clinical results with the Sudan Regulatory Authority. @whoemro.bsky.social
#EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
#EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
July 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Despite the ongoing conflict in Sudan, @dndi.org is actively working on the registration of fosravuconazole treatment, following favourable response on sharing the clinical results with the Sudan Regulatory Authority. @whoemro.bsky.social
#EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
#EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
"We are working to bridge the knowledge gap on #mycetoma through epidemiological studies in Kenya, Senegal, Ethiopia and India. Lack of investment, research, access to diagnosis and treatment is contributing to the neglect," said
@bornanyaoke.bsky.social
@bornanyaoke.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"We are working to bridge the knowledge gap on #mycetoma through epidemiological studies in Kenya, Senegal, Ethiopia and India. Lack of investment, research, access to diagnosis and treatment is contributing to the neglect," said
@bornanyaoke.bsky.social
@bornanyaoke.bsky.social
"There is urgent need for shorter more effective treatments, proper diagnostics tests & point of care tests," said Prof. Ahmed Fahal.
For the last 33 years, the Mycetoma Research Centre
together with partners has been providing #mycetoma management, research & community engagement for patients.
For the last 33 years, the Mycetoma Research Centre
together with partners has been providing #mycetoma management, research & community engagement for patients.
July 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"There is urgent need for shorter more effective treatments, proper diagnostics tests & point of care tests," said Prof. Ahmed Fahal.
For the last 33 years, the Mycetoma Research Centre
together with partners has been providing #mycetoma management, research & community engagement for patients.
For the last 33 years, the Mycetoma Research Centre
together with partners has been providing #mycetoma management, research & community engagement for patients.
"In many #mycetoma endemic countries, information on the disease burden is scanty, making it hard to achieve #UHC," said DrDaniel Ngamije.
@who.int remains committed to supporting countries & partners in integrating skin NTD interventions within primary health care systems. #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
@who.int remains committed to supporting countries & partners in integrating skin NTD interventions within primary health care systems. #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"In many #mycetoma endemic countries, information on the disease burden is scanty, making it hard to achieve #UHC," said DrDaniel Ngamije.
@who.int remains committed to supporting countries & partners in integrating skin NTD interventions within primary health care systems. #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
@who.int remains committed to supporting countries & partners in integrating skin NTD interventions within primary health care systems. #beatNTDs #HealthForAll
Join Dr Borna Nyaoke and Prof. Ahmed Fahal tomorrow 16 July, 2025 during the webinar on #mycetoma as they discuss how to advance research especially after the destruction of the Mycetoma Research Center in Sudan. #beatNTDs #EndTheNeglect
Register ➡️ bit.ly/3GDcL1Q
⏲️2:00 - 4:00PM Cairo Time (GMT+3)
Register ➡️ bit.ly/3GDcL1Q
⏲️2:00 - 4:00PM Cairo Time (GMT+3)
July 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join Dr Borna Nyaoke and Prof. Ahmed Fahal tomorrow 16 July, 2025 during the webinar on #mycetoma as they discuss how to advance research especially after the destruction of the Mycetoma Research Center in Sudan. #beatNTDs #EndTheNeglect
Register ➡️ bit.ly/3GDcL1Q
⏲️2:00 - 4:00PM Cairo Time (GMT+3)
Register ➡️ bit.ly/3GDcL1Q
⏲️2:00 - 4:00PM Cairo Time (GMT+3)
On #WorldPopulationDay, we’re spotlighting a silent crisis: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
This year’s theme, 'Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world' means nothing if youth are held back by diseases that rob them of health, opportunity & choice.
This year’s theme, 'Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world' means nothing if youth are held back by diseases that rob them of health, opportunity & choice.
July 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On #WorldPopulationDay, we’re spotlighting a silent crisis: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
This year’s theme, 'Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world' means nothing if youth are held back by diseases that rob them of health, opportunity & choice.
This year’s theme, 'Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world' means nothing if youth are held back by diseases that rob them of health, opportunity & choice.
Today is #WorldSkinHealthDay, we spotlight cutaneous #leishmaniasis (CL), a skin disease caused by parasites transmitted by sandflies.
At @dndi.org we’re working with partners to develop new, safer & more effective treatments.
At @dndi.org we’re working with partners to develop new, safer & more effective treatments.
July 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today is #WorldSkinHealthDay, we spotlight cutaneous #leishmaniasis (CL), a skin disease caused by parasites transmitted by sandflies.
At @dndi.org we’re working with partners to develop new, safer & more effective treatments.
At @dndi.org we’re working with partners to develop new, safer & more effective treatments.
Breastfeeding women are routinely excluded from #clinicaltrials, yet over half will need medication while lactating.
In #NTD -endemic areas, breastfeeding is often the only safe option. It's time we include them in research.
In #NTD -endemic areas, breastfeeding is often the only safe option. It's time we include them in research.
July 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Breastfeeding women are routinely excluded from #clinicaltrials, yet over half will need medication while lactating.
In #NTD -endemic areas, breastfeeding is often the only safe option. It's time we include them in research.
In #NTD -endemic areas, breastfeeding is often the only safe option. It's time we include them in research.
Next week @dndi.org & @uniting.bsky.social will be hosting a joint event at the #EDCTPforum that will spotlight the power of research, partnerships, & political leadership in translating scientific progress into tangible health outcomes.
Join the conversation⬇️ #EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs
Join the conversation⬇️ #EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs
June 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Next week @dndi.org & @uniting.bsky.social will be hosting a joint event at the #EDCTPforum that will spotlight the power of research, partnerships, & political leadership in translating scientific progress into tangible health outcomes.
Join the conversation⬇️ #EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs
Join the conversation⬇️ #EndTheNeglect #beatNTDs
Are you attending the upcoming #EDCTPForum?
@dndi.org will be participating in a number of sessions joining global health leaders to advance patient-centered R&D for neglected populations.
Click here for more details on the sessions➡️ bit.ly/444lGlJ
@dndi.org will be participating in a number of sessions joining global health leaders to advance patient-centered R&D for neglected populations.
Click here for more details on the sessions➡️ bit.ly/444lGlJ
June 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Are you attending the upcoming #EDCTPForum?
@dndi.org will be participating in a number of sessions joining global health leaders to advance patient-centered R&D for neglected populations.
Click here for more details on the sessions➡️ bit.ly/444lGlJ
@dndi.org will be participating in a number of sessions joining global health leaders to advance patient-centered R&D for neglected populations.
Click here for more details on the sessions➡️ bit.ly/444lGlJ
Today we mark the International Day of Clinical Trials #ICTD2025 by celebrating the volunteers, researchers & communities behind every breakthrough.
Clinical trials save lives and everyone deserves access to innovation. #InnovatingTogether @dndi.org
Clinical trials save lives and everyone deserves access to innovation. #InnovatingTogether @dndi.org
May 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Today we mark the International Day of Clinical Trials #ICTD2025 by celebrating the volunteers, researchers & communities behind every breakthrough.
Clinical trials save lives and everyone deserves access to innovation. #InnovatingTogether @dndi.org
Clinical trials save lives and everyone deserves access to innovation. #InnovatingTogether @dndi.org
@dndi.org is grateful for the support over the years in drug discovery for sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, chagas disease, dengue, advanced HIV disease, #mycetoma, and #schistosomiasis.
Looking forward to future collaborations! #EndtheNeglect
Looking forward to future collaborations! #EndtheNeglect
May 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@dndi.org is grateful for the support over the years in drug discovery for sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, chagas disease, dengue, advanced HIV disease, #mycetoma, and #schistosomiasis.
Looking forward to future collaborations! #EndtheNeglect
Looking forward to future collaborations! #EndtheNeglect
I am honored to have hosted a delegation from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by @pdhof.bsky.social.
We had productive discussions focused on our long-standing R&D partnership for #NTDs like visceral #leishmaniasis & our work developing innovative treatments for #cryptococcalmeningitis.
We had productive discussions focused on our long-standing R&D partnership for #NTDs like visceral #leishmaniasis & our work developing innovative treatments for #cryptococcalmeningitis.
May 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I am honored to have hosted a delegation from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by @pdhof.bsky.social.
We had productive discussions focused on our long-standing R&D partnership for #NTDs like visceral #leishmaniasis & our work developing innovative treatments for #cryptococcalmeningitis.
We had productive discussions focused on our long-standing R&D partnership for #NTDs like visceral #leishmaniasis & our work developing innovative treatments for #cryptococcalmeningitis.
The @dndi.org Eastern Africa team participated in conserving the environment by fighting the plastic menace & sustainable tree planting.
171 trees planted, 400 tree seedlings to be planted during the week & collected >2000 plastic bottles for recycling by a licensed recycler. #EarthDay #EarthWeek
171 trees planted, 400 tree seedlings to be planted during the week & collected >2000 plastic bottles for recycling by a licensed recycler. #EarthDay #EarthWeek
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The @dndi.org Eastern Africa team participated in conserving the environment by fighting the plastic menace & sustainable tree planting.
171 trees planted, 400 tree seedlings to be planted during the week & collected >2000 plastic bottles for recycling by a licensed recycler. #EarthDay #EarthWeek
171 trees planted, 400 tree seedlings to be planted during the week & collected >2000 plastic bottles for recycling by a licensed recycler. #EarthDay #EarthWeek
Did you know @DNDi & partners ran the world’s first clinical trial for #mycetoma?
Join @dndi.org Head of Mycetoma Disease Dr Borna Nyaoke later today with the Mycetoma Research Center as she shares insights on #NTDs and #mycetoma.
🗓️11 March, 2025
⏲️14:00 EAT; 11:00 GMT
🔗 bit.ly/4hfOYBf
Join @dndi.org Head of Mycetoma Disease Dr Borna Nyaoke later today with the Mycetoma Research Center as she shares insights on #NTDs and #mycetoma.
🗓️11 March, 2025
⏲️14:00 EAT; 11:00 GMT
🔗 bit.ly/4hfOYBf
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Did you know @DNDi & partners ran the world’s first clinical trial for #mycetoma?
Join @dndi.org Head of Mycetoma Disease Dr Borna Nyaoke later today with the Mycetoma Research Center as she shares insights on #NTDs and #mycetoma.
🗓️11 March, 2025
⏲️14:00 EAT; 11:00 GMT
🔗 bit.ly/4hfOYBf
Join @dndi.org Head of Mycetoma Disease Dr Borna Nyaoke later today with the Mycetoma Research Center as she shares insights on #NTDs and #mycetoma.
🗓️11 March, 2025
⏲️14:00 EAT; 11:00 GMT
🔗 bit.ly/4hfOYBf
This afternoon, we were honored to host Eisai Global in our @dndi.org Eastern Africa office. Eisai has been a key pharmaceutical partner in the fight against #mycetoma, developing fosravuconazole, an important new treatment for eumycetoma.
We are grateful for their commitment to #EndTheNeglect.
We are grateful for their commitment to #EndTheNeglect.
March 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This afternoon, we were honored to host Eisai Global in our @dndi.org Eastern Africa office. Eisai has been a key pharmaceutical partner in the fight against #mycetoma, developing fosravuconazole, an important new treatment for eumycetoma.
We are grateful for their commitment to #EndTheNeglect.
We are grateful for their commitment to #EndTheNeglect.
Ethical storytelling in #globalhealth isn’t just about raising awareness. It’s about dignity, accuracy & impact.
Join the discussion tomorrow at Kigali Convention Center, MH4 from 8:00-9:30am #AHAIC2025 @unlimithealth.bsky.social @dndi.org The END Fund, NTD NGO Network & Amref Health Africa.
Join the discussion tomorrow at Kigali Convention Center, MH4 from 8:00-9:30am #AHAIC2025 @unlimithealth.bsky.social @dndi.org The END Fund, NTD NGO Network & Amref Health Africa.
March 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ethical storytelling in #globalhealth isn’t just about raising awareness. It’s about dignity, accuracy & impact.
Join the discussion tomorrow at Kigali Convention Center, MH4 from 8:00-9:30am #AHAIC2025 @unlimithealth.bsky.social @dndi.org The END Fund, NTD NGO Network & Amref Health Africa.
Join the discussion tomorrow at Kigali Convention Center, MH4 from 8:00-9:30am #AHAIC2025 @unlimithealth.bsky.social @dndi.org The END Fund, NTD NGO Network & Amref Health Africa.
Join us at #AHAIC2025 for a captivating discussion on ethical storytelling with @dndi.org, The END Fund, The Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN), @unlimithealth.bsky.social & @Amref_Kenya
#EndTheNeglect
Register bit.ly/41E94ko
🗓️ 5 March, 2025
⏲️8:00-9:00 EAT
📍MH4, Kigali Convention Center
#EndTheNeglect
Register bit.ly/41E94ko
🗓️ 5 March, 2025
⏲️8:00-9:00 EAT
📍MH4, Kigali Convention Center
February 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Join us at #AHAIC2025 for a captivating discussion on ethical storytelling with @dndi.org, The END Fund, The Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN), @unlimithealth.bsky.social & @Amref_Kenya
#EndTheNeglect
Register bit.ly/41E94ko
🗓️ 5 March, 2025
⏲️8:00-9:00 EAT
📍MH4, Kigali Convention Center
#EndTheNeglect
Register bit.ly/41E94ko
🗓️ 5 March, 2025
⏲️8:00-9:00 EAT
📍MH4, Kigali Convention Center