On #WorldHumanitarianDay we honour those working tirelessly in fragile, complex settings to protect and save lives. We join the call for protection, accountability and action to support humanitarian workers carry out their work and for people affected by crises around the world. #ActForHumanity 💙

New #research published in @biomedcentral.bsky.social 👉 Enhancing protection against vector‑borne #diseases in forcibly displaced communities: evaluating the efficacy of spatial repellents for cutaneous #leishmaniasis control in North‑East #Syria: rdcu.be/euMrq

Meeting #CommunityHealthWorkers in #Colombia during a needs assessment with the Ministry of Health, to plan support for vector-borne diseases control in the country.🦟

#arboviruses #dengue #Zika #chikungunya

✨ Today and every day we are grateful for the dedicated, amazing women in the MENTOR team and all those working in the #humanitarian and #healthcare sector who face innumerable challenges helping to protect and save lives. ❤️

#IWD2025

MENTOR entomologists co-author paper published in Parasites & Vector journal reporting the detection of the invasive #Aedes albopictus #mosquito in #Angola. This important discovery was identified during surveillance of An. stephensi at key points of entry 🦟

👉https://rdcu.be/ecyeW

A new programme in #CentralAfricanRepublic is addressing malnutrition, a lack of sanitation & the risk of infectious #diseases in displaced communities 👉 shorturl.at/3Lg5y

It is helping strengthen #community resilience & improve #health for people in these vulnerable settings.

MENTOR works in some of the most vulnerable settings to prevent and treat neglected tropical diseases, a group of diseases that affect more than 1 billion people worldwide.

The full story 👉 mentor-initiative.org/world-ntd-da...

#WorldNTDDay #beatNTDs