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Working to drive equitable access to reliable diagnosis around the world through collective action. #DiagnosisForAll
Joined March 2011
An open-access virtual #biobank now connects researchers with institutions around the world 🌎🌍🌏 storing samples to speed up #NTDdiagnostics development. ➡️Register your samples on the #DxConnect Virtual Biobank & spread the word: . #DiagnosisForAll.
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Advances in #digitalhealth, coupled with community-based approaches, can help step up testing to contain outbreaks. Learn about our pilot project in South Africa🇿🇦 with @ezintsha, where we used #rapidtests & digital health tools for testing at taxi ranks🚐
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🚨#COVID19 #diagnostic evaluation update🚨.26 antibody-detection RDTs have been selected for 1st round performance evaluation, alongside the 5 antigen-detection RDTs already announced. Results will be shared as soon as they are available. Details here ➡️
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We are excited to welcome Dr Ayoade (Yodi) Alakija (@yodifiji) as new Chair of our Board, alongside Soumya Swaminathan (@doctorsoumya) and Malebona Precious Matsoso as new Board members. Read the press release: .@ACTAccelerator
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This week, as @G20org and @G7 discuss pandemic preparedness, FIND's @sanjaysarin joined G20 health ministers and @DrTedros in #Indonesia. 1/2
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📢 New call for partners:.We are seeking proposals from manufacturers of continuous glucose monitoring devices (CGMs) not commercialized in Kenya and South Africa for product evaluation and market introduction. 📆 Apply by 2 March 2023 at 23:59 CET. ⤵️.
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We are excited to welcome @IfedayoTiffy as our new Chief Transformation Officer! With a background in global health and infectious disease control, Dr Adetifa will be overseeing CEO responsibilities and driving diagnostic innovation for all. 🔗
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Our Board Chair Dr Ayoade Alakija, @yodifiji, is speaking at Davos today. Follow #WEF24 for updates on boosting sustainable financing for #GlobalHealth, responding to the #AntimicrobialResistance crisis and ensuring equitable access to lifesaving #tests, treatments, and vaccines.
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Exciting news! Today we announced the launch of malaria-LAMP: the 1st molecular #diagnostic test to detect #malaria caused by P. vivax parasites, which can be used even in low-transmission settings. Developed by EIKEN with exclusive distribution by HUMAN.
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Working from home and #physicallyapart but that doesn’t stop us from being united in our fight against TB. #ItsTimeToEndTB #WorkFromHome #SociallyConnected #WorldTBDay @StopTB @TBAlliance @resultsuk @ResultsCda @WHO @IAVI @TBVI_EU @G_C_T_A @TAGTeam_Tweets @CHAI_health @APPGTB
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Congratulations #Uganda for having eliminated #HumanAfricanTrypanosomiasis (#HAT), commonly known as #sleepingsickness. The use of new #diagnostic tools, as well as the control measures & political commitment, made this historic achievement possible.
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Pleased to announce that we just signed a US$14.5 M grant with @Unitaid to evaluate next-generation sequencing for rapid diagnosis of DR-TB (Seq&Treat) in resource-limited settings. Read our press release: #DiagnosisMatters
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Warm congratulations to Prof. Joseph Ndung'u, Head of Neglected Tropical Diseases at FIND & @DiscoverJKUAT University Chancellor, on receiving the @_AfricanUnion's prestigious Excellence Award 2019 in recognition of his work on new #diagnostics tools.
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📢Hot off the press! The @StopTB Partnership's New Diagnostics Working Group and @WHO launched a framework today for the evaluation of new tests for #tuberculosis infection:
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Together with @Unitaid, we are investing US$ 50M to help fill #COVID19 testing and treatment gaps in 22 low- and middle-income countries .➡️ . @ACTAccelerator @CHAI_health @Auruminstitute @EGPAF @fiotecfiocruz @ISGLOBALorg @PIH @PSIimpact #DiagnosisForAll
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"If we are not able to detect #COVID19, we will not be able to treat it either. (. ) We must act now and #ActTogether to end the Covid-19 emergency for everyone, everywhere."- @DrTedros at today's @ACTAccelerator Facilitation Council. 🔴LIVE NOW:
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#YesWeCanEndTB by 2030!. 🎥 Hear from our partners, TB experts, and champions about the progress in TB #diagnostics over the past 20 years, and what we can do, together, to #EndTB. #WorldTBDay.
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"UHC is our top priority and we need to get a billion more people on UHC in the next 5 years"@doctorsoumya, Chief Scientist @WHO #keynote address. Diagnostics are useful for clinical management, surveillance & monitoring. They need to be accurate, affordable & accessible. #WHA72
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Discover OptiDX, a software aimed at increasing access to #diagnostics & improving efficiency in delivering diagnostic services!. @LLamaNews, @MOH_Kenya, @moh_ministry, @DOHgovph, .@USAID, @gatesfoundation, @GlobalFund & @PEPFAR.
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🚨NEW #DIAGNOSTIC RESOURCE: #COVID19 interactive test tracker!. Our interactive map uses publicly available data to show the number of #SARSCoV2 tests that have been performed in each country, and the number of positive cases. Check it out➡️
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It has been a privilege to work with Malaysia🇲🇾 to advance test-and-treat programmes for #hepatitis C. 🇲🇾's decentralized approach has resulted in a 100 fold increase in treatment rates. Thank you @DGHisham for your leadership. #DiagnosisForAll #HCV #FindTheMissingMillion @DNDi.
Malaysia wishes to thank WHO for the report on the hosted partnerships. Malaysia wishes to share with the Board that we have had a very outstanding partnership between the Drugs for Neglected.Diseases Initiative (DNDi), the Foundation for Innovative New.Diagnostics (FIND).
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New #MOOC on #COVID19 #diagnostics & testing! Learn about latest advances, & how to improve testing capacity in low-income settings. Developed by FIND, @LSHTM & @ASLM_news. Available on @FutureLearn platform. Enrol here:
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Our CEO @BoehmeCatharina joins 70 signatories writing in @TheLancet calling for a #COVID19 Clinical Research Coalition to find solutions for #diagnostics, vaccines and treatments suited to resource-limited settings. Read the article: #COVID19crc
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Highlights from 2021 for #diagnostics and neglected tropical diseases⤵️. 1. A rapid test for #schistosomiasis is closer to becoming a reality: a prototype has shown good results during field testing in Kenya🇰🇪 & the Philippines🇵🇭. 📽️@mologic @KEMRI_Kenya
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📣🆕 We announced today that Dr Bill Rodriguez will join FIND on 1 July as our new CEO. Tomorrow Bill will be among the speakers at our high-level forum for diagnostic testing where we will launch our 2021 strategy. 👉#DiagnosisForAll #TransformingTesting
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We would like to welcome our new Director of Pandemic Threats, @agogo_immanuel! Dr. Agogo holds over 20 years of experience in #internationaldevelopment and #publichealth, with expertise in primary health care, health systems strengthening, #HIV, #TB, and global health security.
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Antibody tests for #COVID19 are in high demand but accuracies vary and many manufacturers’ claims do not match actual performance. Get data from our independent evaluations w/ @WHO & @Hopitaux_unige and from other institutions: .
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Making self-testing for #hepatitis C a reality: learn about HEAD-Start, a @Unitaid-funded project aimed at improving diagnosis of #HCV by making it more affordable & available to those in need, with a focus on serving people co-infected with #HIV.
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New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to control & eliminate 20 neglected tropical diseases affecting +1 billion people 🌍 New paper from our Chief Medical Officer @drsergiocarmona and Senior Scientific Officer Sarah Nogaro➡️.@PLOSNTDs @BoehmeCatharina
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📢 We are launching our diagnostic network optimization (DNO) online course on 14 November. Register for the course to learn about DNO concepts, analysis, data requirements, software solutions for conducting DNO & how to use the outputs to inform decision-making.
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🚨#DIAGNOSTIC UPDATE🚨.Clinical data (sensitivity & specificity) & LOD for first #SARSCoV2 molecular tests independently evaluated with @Hopitaux_unige now published on our website. Data from further evaluations (molecular & serological) coming soon!.
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It’s time for all in need of a TB diagnosis to have access to rapid molecular testing. @FINDdx India is committed to making this a reality! #WorldTBDay2019 #itsTimetoEndTB @StopTB @LucicaDitiu
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Join our “Hepatitis C can’t wait, Malaysia isn’t waiting” webinar tomorrow at 9 CEST, organized with @DNDi with support from @WHO, @KKMPutrajaya.& @myAIDScouncil. Watch it live: @BillRodriguezID @DGHisham @mdoherty_hiv @JMP_DNDi @radzi_dr @AnushiyaKaruna1.
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"Let's improve diagnostic capacity as the (lack of) diagnostics has been the biggest problem for several neglected tropical diseases" - Dr Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela @mwelentuli, Director, NTD Department @WHO .#NTDRoadmap2030 #BeatNTDs .
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Gracias @Clinicaalemana in 🇨🇱 - first lab to share #COVID19 test performance data with @FINDdx & @WHO to help those procuring & implementing. If you are evaluating #SARSCoV2 #diagnostics, please consider sharing data 👉 @ChileONUGinebra .@doctorsoumya.
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A great conversation on developments in the #TB #diagnostics pipeline, TB detection, and next-generation point-of-care sequencing at #UnionConf!. #EndTB
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Are you a professional involved in the testing & diagnosis of #COVID19? Do you focus on low-income settings? If yes, then our new @FutureLearn #MOOC is for you. Developed with @LSHTM & @ASLM_News .Enroll now: #CovidTesting #SARSCoV2 #COVID19DxFL.
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GOT DATA? 🔢.Today we opened a call for performance data on commercially available #diagnostics for #SARS_COV_2. We will centralize & share on our website to help to inform procurement/implementation decisions. 📢Please share!. #COVID19 .#globalgood. More➡️
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Join us on Tuesday 18 May, 14:00 CET, as we explore how #COVID19 has transformed #testing, implications for #diagnostics in health emergencies and universal health coverage, and how this has informed the FIND 2021 strategy. Register➡️
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➡️Press release: New rapid molecular test for #tuberculosis can simultaneously detect resistance to first- and second-line drugs. Read more: #EndTB #DiagnosisMatters
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How is the HEAD-Start project making #hepatitisC testing easier and more affordable in #Malaysia?.🎥Watch the interview with FIND’s @SemXiaohui to learn more on how the project is supporting Malaysia’s hepatitis C programme with @DNDi @KKMPutrajaya @DGHisham. @UNITAID.
The HEAD-Start project aims to simplify testing for #hepatitisC and make it more affordable. Find out about our collaborative work with @FINDdx & the Malaysian Ministry of Health @KKMPutrajaya @DGHisham to scale up ‘test-and-treat’. 🎥
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“Neglected tropical diseases are the landmines of global health” ➡️Read the @guardian piece by our Senior Scientific Officer @AlbertPicado and @arntd_org's John H Amuasi: #WorldChagasDay #BeatNTDs.
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This year for #WorldNTDDay, we urge governments & the global NTD community to collaborate & increase funding for R&D in #diagnostics, which is essential to accelerate the end of #NTDs. We are #100percentCommited to #BeatNTDs together by 2030.
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We're thrilled to have signed today a MOU w/ @ClinicalRsrchMY to collaborate in the roll-out of a simplified HepC diagnostic testing strategy. This initiative is conducted w/ the MOH in Malaysia and forms part of HEAD-Start, a project supported by @UNITAID
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"Without diagnostics and laboratories, medicines are used inappropriately, antimicrobial resistance emerges, and outbreaks are discovered late. The WHO EDL is pivotal for cementing the rightful place of diagnostics in providing universal health coverage."
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🎂 SAVE THE DATE: Diagnostics Day, 24 May 2023. We are happy to invite you to share our 20th anniversary, and discuss the #diagnostics Resolution by Member States at the #WHA76. Check out our full list of speakers:
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In an historical move for #diagnostics, this week the @WHO Executive Board (#EB152) passed a resolution on strengthening #diagnostics capacity, for adoption at #WHA76. Read the full text: 1/2
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Today is #WorldNTDDay!. Diagnostics play a key role in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (#NTDs), but more attention and investment are needed. Let's join forces to #BeatNTDs and secure a healthy future for all!. #DiagnosisForAll.
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Read the message for #WorldTBDay from our Director of TB @Mruhwald: "Together, we can make sure that everyone who needs a TB test can get one so that we can finally beat this disease. Invest to end TB; save lives."
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#JustOut🎥"Supporting the development of typhoid rapid diagnostic tests to improve fever management." Don't miss the latest webinar in our series on #diagnostics to improve fever management, with @SabineDittrich, @KEMRI_Kenya, @wellcometrust & @AKUGlobal⤵️.
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👏We congratulate Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan on his appointment as Deputy Director General of Health for Research & Technical Support. @radzi_dr has been an incredible partner to us over the last 6 years supporting the scale-up of many diagnostic innovations in Malaysia.
Tahniah kpd Datuk Dr. Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan di atas lantikan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan (Penyelidikan & Sokongan Teknikal) & Datuk Dr Norhayati binti Rusli di atas lantikan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan (Kesihatan Awam). Alhamdulilah & Tahniah.
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🚨#COVID19 #DIAGNOSTICS UPDATE: >70 tests now listed in our pipeline tracker, majority of them commercially available under emergency use authorization. Tools, companies & contacts all listed: #coronavirus.#Covid_19 .#COVIDー19 .#SARSCoV2.#SARS_COV_2.
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#YesWeCanEndTB by replacing microscopy with rapid molecular tests (RMD) and not accepting anything less than the best technologies for tuberculosis #screening and #diagnosis. #WorldTBDay #EndTB
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“Today, testing is the only effective tool for containing the pandemic to save lives and allow economies to reopen safely. Tomorrow, it will be needed to enable the success of global vaccination campaigns.” @BoehmeCatharina and @PeterASands explain:
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We are launching ‘Introduction to Diagnostic Network Optimization(DNO) 2.0’ - an updated online course!. 📅 Starting: August 5, 2024 .🕒 Duration: 10-12 hours over 2 weeks .💲 Fee: Free! (Pre-registration required). 🔗 Register: Security code: 099926
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Congratulations👏to our amazing speakers and moderators for pulling off a smooth TB Dx symposium @UnionConference despite the technical glitches! Special shout-out to Morten Ruhwald, Head of TB @FINDdx for his "live" presentation. #EndTB #DiagnosisMatters
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📣Press release: Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality #COVID19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries ➡️ @WHO @GlobalFund
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India is the first country to compile a national #essentialdiagnostics list (EDL) (based on @WHO EDL), naming 159 tests for local #healthcare facilities. Congratulations to @ICMRDELHI – a great achievement for India! #diagnosismatters #UHC #GlobalHealth
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🚨#COVID19 #DIAGNOSTICS PIPELINE: >180 tests now listed in our tracker (150 commercially available) with over 100 tests added since 04/03. Reach out to add yours.Tools, companies & contacts listed: #coronavirus.#Covid_19 .#COVIDー19 .#SARSCoV2.#SARS_COV_2.
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➡️Today is #WorldLiverDay & we stand with #hepC community voices, united in our belief that all those affected by #hepC should have access to accurate #diagnosis & treatment. For the latest on #COVID19 & viral hepatitis, check @Hep_Alliance info hub:
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📢Today, FIND announced nearly US$60 million of new funding to accelerate urgently needed progress in tests & testing capacity for #COVID19 with support from @dfat @AusAmbRHS @BMBF_Bund @SwissDevCoop @RockefellerFdn @SaudiMOH @DutchMFA @KUWAIT_MOH .⬇️.
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PLOS ONE celebrates the launch of the #AntimicrobialResistance Channel | EveryONE: The PLOS ONE blog. #Diagnostics & surveillance, Stewardship, and Breaking down silos are the themes covered here.
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Join us on tomorrow at 1PM IST for a discussion on #TB #diagnosis in India: the need for #innovation, supported by the @StopTB New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG), at the India #TB Summit: @consulting_pi @MalarJames @SahuSuvanand @paimadhu @SATB1231
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Let’s put our hearts into finding and treating all missing people with TB! #EndTB. #ValentinesDay2019 @StopTB @TBAlliance @paimadhu
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‼️ After reports that the Bioeasy 2019-nCov Colloidal Gold Antigen Rapid Test procured by Spain has not shown acceptable accuracy, Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology informed us this product will be removed from market; we also removed from our pipeline (1/2).
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Communities play a critical role in the fight against #hepatitisC. Thank you all for your commitment to ending viral hepatitis by 2020 and constantly reminding us all why #DiagnosisMatters. #WorldLiverDay #HCV #NOhep #stayhome #staysafe
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New! Implementation guide for #SARSCoV2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic #tests, developed with @WHO and with support from @ACTAccelerator, @ASLM, @CDCgov, @CHAI_health, @GlobalFund, @MSF and @PATH. Read it now: .#COVID19 #DiagnosisMatters
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#LassaFever #diagnostics are crucial for the development of an effective Lassa #vaccine. Our collaboration with @CEPIvaccines responds to the need to strengthen diagnostic capacity in Nigeria where #Lassa outbreaks happen regularly.
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Today is #WorldChagasDay - this year's theme is "Tackling Chagas disease: detect early & care for life". Chagas is treatable when caught early, but if left undiagnosed, it can become life-threatening. That's why timely detection is essential. #HealthForAll #DiagnosisForAll
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🔬 We have a new partnership with @CEPIvaccines for rapid diagnostic tests for Nipah virus and Lassa fever. We'll be leading a project to identify the most reliable tests, empowering healthcare workers to swiftly respond to outbreaks. #DiagnosisForAll.
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Congratulations to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (@LSHTM) for training and inspiring generations of practitioners and researchers. Improving health worldwide depends on great institutions delivering health innovation.
🎉 It’s our 120th anniversary today! 🎉. Since 1899, we’ve been training future #publichealth experts and conducting research to transform health around the world 🌍 . Here are just five of our #globalhealth innovations that might surprise you! 👇 #LSHTM120
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In their @TheLancetPH op-ed, @paimadhu @KaminiWalia & FIND’s @BoehmeCatharina stress that #diagnostics & medicines are a package deal as shown by @WHO publication of essential Dx & medicines lists. Also linking both is key to #UHC agenda. #DiagnosisMatters
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Join FIND 🇮🇳 for its inaugural panel discussion on #COVID19 diagnostics & testing on 16 October. Register now ➡️#DiagnosisMatters
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There are many uncertainties in the fight against #COVID19 – but #testing is saving lives today & needed for new #treatments & #vaccines. The ACT-Accelerator #Diagnostics Pillar is helping everyone who needs a test to get one. @GlobalFund @WHO
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The @ACTAccelerator’s diagnostics pillar has procured over 65 million #COVID19 tests for lower income countries, and aims at procuring 900 million tests by the end of the year. Read more about the progress so far & future aims to #ACTogether: @GlobalFund
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"One year into the Covid-19 pandemic, testing is as vital as ever," say FIND's Chief Access Officer @Emma_Hannay and @GlobalFund's Executive Director .@PeterASands in the @Telegraph
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Congratulations to three amazing #Voices4Diagnosis annual community prize winners: Bolo Didi @nandita_venky @rhea_lobo, #hcsmSA @hcsmsa, & MUMSA @Mak_medics! Learn about their work: #AMR #DiagnosisMatters
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Researchers in Nigeria are trying out a new powerful #diagnostic test based on the gene-editing tool #CRISPR. The tool could help to diagnose illnesses such as #LassaFever early and rein in the spread of the infection. @DhamariNaidoo.
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"Why don't we have for #antimicrobialresistance the same attention & funding that we have for #COVID19? #AMR is a silent pandemic, but there is light at the end of the tunnel if we work together." - our Director, AMR @ceciferreyra5 at the @GenevaForum with @gardp_amr ⤵️.#ghf2022
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#COVID19 sample sets containing the #OmicronVariant are available at our FIND Integrated Biobank Site in Cape Town 🇿🇦 and we are happy to share the samples for any evaluation, development, or validation of tests. Request them here ⬇️
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Thank you @nandita_venky for visiting us for a @FINDdx "lunch & learn" session today, sharing your story with us & telling us about #BoloDidi - an amazing initiative started by you & @rhea_lobo. #Voices4Diagnosis #EndTB
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@JordanJaunt @peripatetical @MackayIM @kedzierskalab @drdebwilliamson Thanks @jordanjaunt ! We are indeed collating an overview of all #SARSCoV2 tests commercially available or in development for #Covid_19 diagnosis, among other activities. More here:
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Antibiotic resistance poses a huge global health risk. This evening, together with other #GlobalAMRChallenge signatories, we celebrate those seeking solutions to #AMR. Really looking forward to learning about progress made at this #UNGA side-event. #DiagnosisMatters
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Our Head of NTD, Joseph Ndung'u, was appointed as the New Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). We are proud to work with him since 2006. Congratulations Joseph! @MathuNdungu @DiscoverJKUAT
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