AfroAchiever

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AfroAchiever

@AfroAchiever

An African woman striving to do it all-artist, writer, global health professor, philanthropist, 2021 Ted Fellow- https://t.co/36T2tuJTnI

Katılım Mart 2021

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AfroAchiever@AfroAchiever·9 Ara

My TED talk is now out! Please watch and spread! Thanks to my friends @dsengeh @dbiello @bwkny ted.com/talks/francisc… @LinacreCollege @TEDTalks @PIG_Edinburgh @TibaPartnership @NIHRglobal @DKAYEMBE @SirGeoffPalmer @AASciences @AspenNewVoices @RoyalSocEd @ThokoPooley @ColSciEng

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Louisa Tribe@Louisatribe·15 Nis

Great piece from amazing Vice Chair of ⁦@CombatNTDs⁩ - ⁦⁦@AfroAchiever⁩ - on Africa’s healthcare funding crisis including disease management & need fo shift from treatment to prevention theconversation.com/africas-health…

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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs·11 Ara

👏Great to hear #Zimbabwe is rolling out Mass Drug Administration to combat lymphatic filariasis (LF). Read more on what else is needed to #BeatNTDs like LF in this @gavi piece with insight from @TibaPartnership Dep Director & our Vice-Chair @AfroAchiever gavi.org/vaccineswork/z…

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Global Schistosomiasis Alliance@elimin8schisto·5 Eyl

Prof @MargaretGyapong applies a #gender and #equity lens to genital #schistosomiasis and how gender, social and environmentalal determinants impact exposure, disease and access to healthcare. Lets #LeaveNoOneBehind ! ##BeatNTDs @BSPparasitology

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Russell Stothard@StothardRuss

Powerful words from @MargaretGyapong that highlight global commitments to ensure progress towards elimination of NTDs - and how FGS and MGS is part of this vision @BSPparasitology @NTDCOUNTDOWN @elimin8schisto

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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs·9 Eki

When medicines don’t work: eliminating neglected tropical diseases (#NTDs) will reduce drug resistance– a win for all! An excellent piece from @AfroAchiever Vice Chair of @CombatNTDs Read it here👉 bit.ly/3Yg6yin Let's #BeatNTDs together! @TibaPartnership @PIG_Edinburgh

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Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh@SBSatEd·10 Eki

Eliminating neglected tropical diseases will help reduce drug resistance @AfroAchiever explains in @ConversationUK how integrated approaches, including preventive medicine, water & sanitation, & controlling the agents that spread the diseases, will help theconversation.com/when-medicines…

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Global Schistosomiasis Alliance@elimin8schisto·5 Eyl

Find out about @TibaPartnership #AffectedVoices movement here: tiba-partnership.org/news/affected-… #BeatNTDs #NTDsChampions #Activism #LeaveNoOneBehind #FGSchisto

Global Schistosomiasis Alliance@elimin8schisto

Prof Francisca Mutapi @AfroAchiever highlights the work done through @TibaPartnership to take the "#neglected" out of #BeatNTDs ! Bringing #AffectedVoice to the forefront of research, & mainstream #BeatNTDs in health services, & in the #globalhealth agenda & finance mechanisms!

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P.I.G Edinburgh@PIG_Edinburgh·10 Haz

Translating our research into health benefits requires relationships within different sectors - hence ur PI Prof Mutapi attending the 10th #TheAfricaDebate #AfricasGlobalRole @InvestAfrica1 - speakers included @idriselba @AndrewmitchMP & @AfDB_Group President @akin_adesina

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P.I.G Edinburgh@PIG_Edinburgh·10 Haz

The #WHA77 was busy for our PI Prof Mutapi @AfroAchiever - incl interviews for @elpais_espana on skin #NTDs but also provided opportunities to catch up with colleagues e.g. @SoceFallBirima (read their OP-ED here- solutionsnow.africa/2024/05/31/of-…) @SBSatEd

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AfroAchiever@AfroAchiever·30 May

Together we can beat #NTDs @AspenNewVoices @SBSatEd @NIHRglobal @PIG_Edinburgh @TibaPartnership @edin_EID @ColSciEng @EdinburghUni

Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs

Our Chair of the Board Dr @WinnieMpanju & Vice Chair of the Board Professor Mutapi @AfroAchiever met at #WHA77 to advance resource mobilisation for neglected tropical diseases Two amazing #BeatNTDs champions ✨✨

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AfroAchiever@AfroAchiever·30 May

A great team to work with @CombatNTDs

Tiba Partnership@TibaPartnership

Uniting to combat NTD members at the World Health Assembly today! #WHA77. It's crucial that NTDs are well represented at this decision-making assembly focused on the global health agenda 🏥🌍

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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs·22 May

"You go to the schools, you make the kids all line up and you give them the drug for free" Vice Chair of @CombatNTDs Board Dr. Francisca Mutapi tells @NPR how to deliver a new pill that cures preschoolers of a parasitic worm. n.pr/3KexqaA @AfroAchiever @PIG_Edinburgh

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Christa Salamandra@csalamand·10 May

My friend Francisca interviewed on NPR. It's on the home page!!! @PIG_Edinburgh npr.org/sections/goats…

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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs·10 May

.@AfroAchiever a professor of global health infection and immunity @PIG_Edinburgh who has studied parasites for 25 years, has shared her insights with @NPR on what might have happened to RFK Jr. – and the toll parasitic worms take around the world n.pr/3UTsGgI

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Louisa Tribe@Louisatribe·22 Nis

Delighted that the amazing @AfroAchiever is now our Vice Chair of the Board - insightful & inspiring leader

Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs

We thank Professor Mutapi for her insight, advice and leadership to date and we're excited to work with her in this new role. #BeatNTDs

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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs·22 Nis

We thank Professor Mutapi for her insight, advice and leadership to date and we're excited to work with her in this new role. #BeatNTDs

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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases@CombatNTDs·16 Nis

"Florida reported 10 cases of leprosy every year between 2002 and 2014. This rose to 29 new cases in 2015. There were 15 new cases in 2023," @AfroAchiever Dr. Francisca Mutapi, the Deputy Director of @TibaPartnership, tells @Newsweek Read more 👉 bit.ly/43r1icP #BeatNTDs

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AfroAchiever@AfroAchiever·16 Nis

This presentation I attended by Amal & George Clooney from the @ClooneyFDN highlighted the importance of health equity as a human rights issue- particularly relevant for #NTDs @SBSatEd @ColSciEng @aspeninnovators @SoceFallBirima thank you @TEDFellow sponsored.foreignpolicy.com/skoll-world-fo…

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AfroAchiever@AfroAchiever·16 Nis

@SBSatEd NTDs are a global health security issue

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Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh@SBSatEd·15 Nis

Prof Francisca Mutapi comments on rising Leprosy cases in the US, particularly in Florida. "We do not know what is driving the reported increase of leprosy cases in Florida. People may become infected from other untreated people or from armadillos" newsweek.com/leprosy-cases-…

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AfroAchiever@AfroAchiever·29 Şub

Attending the finance ministers meeting currently underway in Zimbabwe is an important reminder that as researchers we need to engage with such stakeholders if we want our research to be translated into locally funded and sustainable health services - critical for #NTD control

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@CombatNTDs @gavi @TibaPartnership @MargaretGyapong @BSPparasitology @PIG_Edinburgh @ConversationUK @InvestAfrica1