Julie Irving

VERY EXCITED to be in #Liberia for the @REDRESS_Liberia dissemination meeting. Watch this space for engaging resources and findings on person-centred care for skin NTDs. Participatory action research at its best @NTD_NGOs @InfoNTD @NIHRglobal

@COLiverpoolSC Are the session times after school?

Great to see the progress of @iCHORDS_CoP over the last 4 years- great steps in mentorship, focus areas and supporting the next generation of social and behavioural sciences to address challenges in the control and elimination of #NTDs @AKrentel @COR_NTD

Steve Rotherham, metro mayor, on health inequities in the UK - a baby born in Birkenhead has a life expectancy 12 years lower than in Westminster - we can and must do better and build a fairer, more equitable and just society @HCDCongress #healthequity #urbanhealth

Excellent session today @COR_NTD thinking about the role of co-ordination, collaboration and person-centred care for #NTDs. The role of trust and innovation with new partners essential for equitable progress.

Great to hear from Emerson Rogers, MoH Liberia, on the importance of many domains of action when thinking about early case detection: tackling stigma, engaging traditional and faith healers, and supporting health workers and people affected to work together #CORNTD2023

So pleased we got to learn from Emmanuel Zaizay in our session @COR_NTD today- the perspectives of people affected by #NTDs is so critical to meetings like these- let’s hope for more of it in the future too #CORNTD2023

Integration and person-centred care is at the heart of @REDRESS_Liberia with all our news and resources shared here: redressliberia.org/# Great to see the importance of integration highlighted by @SoceFallBirima #CORNTD2023 opening plenary. @effecthope @AmericanLeprosy

Great to see the importance of #mentalhealth #stigma in #NTDs highlighted by Wim Van Brackel in #CORNTD2023 opening plenary. Great progress made…but more to be done! The BPS-N developed through their work a great resource!

Come and work in our wonderful team @LSTMnews We are looking for a research associate (maternity cover) to join our team working on #NTDs and #mentalhealth lstmed.ac.uk/vacancies-sing…

Happy to be at @NTD_NGOs with Emmanuel who has established a network of people affected by NTDs in Liberia based on his own experience 💜 @REDRESS_Liberia

Excitement about the @REDRESS_Liberia manual @WHO #skinNTD mtg. Why not download it: redressliberia.org/resources/. Gr8ful to all @NTD_NGOs colleagues in DMDI WG on #stigma #mentalhealth who shared resources we adapted @InfoNTD @NLR_NoLeprosy @CBM_Global @CombatNTDs

Concluding thoughts from our @REDRESS_Liberia presentation @WHO #skinNTDs mtg. Co-produced #healthsystems approaches to addressing #mentalhealth #stigma alongside clinical confirmation and effective supervision of #healthworkers is critical to achieving #NTD roadmap goals

Hearing from Sopna Choudhury from @UniversityofBi4 at the WHO #SkinNTDs meeting on the sustainability of self-help programmes in the context of leprosy. The importance of ownership and presence of champions within groups is crucial

Unheard voices have the opportunity for meaningful and equal participation “they unlock solutions to ongoing challenges” @REDRESS_Liberia @Laura_Deano #SkinNTDs @sallytheobald

@REDRESS_Liberia post intervention health worker quote “when I get back to the facility I will be able to distinguish between diseases, able to manage, and able to treat and refer” #SkinNTDs @Laura_Deano

@Laura_Deano presents the @REDRESS_Liberia integrated person-centred approach to identification, referral, diagnosis, and management of #SkinNTDs

"One thing that stands out is that how many of the challenges to implementing integrated #skinNTDs programmes require the social sciences: #anthropology #sociology #economics Prof Gail Davey @5SFoundation at the 1st @WHO #SkinNTDS global meeting.

Prof. Davey @BSMSMedSchool talking now @WHO #SkinNTDs meeting on 🟢Identifying cross-disease research gaps 🟢Global organizations working to support the identification of these research gaps (@NTD_NGOs @COR_NTD) 🟢The lack of #socialscience research to support these processes

@DrTedros highlighted the basis for any successful programme is for it to be patient centred, involving communities throughout the whole process #SkinNTDs @REDRESS_Liberia