World NTD Day 2025: Amplifying Affected Voices Highlights
Royal Society of Edinburgh
30 January 2025
News & Events
Exhibition puts spotlight on diseases affecting 1.5 billion people
Edinburgh global health experts are seeking to catalyse action to combat preventable diseases that affect around 1.5 billion people worldwide.
University researchers have jointly organised an exhibition to raise awareness of the urgent need to tackle so-called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This group of 21 disorders – which are widespread in some of the world’s poorest regions – lead to thousands of preventable deaths every year and help perpetuate cycles of poverty, researchers say.
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Amplifying affected voices
On World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, we are proud to present a compelling collection of photos, videos, and personal stories from individuals who have experienced the profound impact of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This exhibition, hosted at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, has been created in collaboration with Uniting to Combat NTDs and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
TIBA research highlights video
A 3-minute video showcasing some of TIBA's work in Africa.
Zimbabwe Science Leadership Program
Career development and Leadership initiative for Early Career African Scientists – Zimbabwe Science Leadership Program
Call for applicants 2024
APPLICATION LINK : /tiba/sites/sbsweb2.bio.ed.ac.uk.tiba/files/Z-SLP%20FINAL%20Application%20form%20disseminated%204-6-24%20%283%29.docx
Background
Dengue Roadmap Report
Tiba played a role in crafting The Dengue Roadmap Report, which centers on three key areas for combating Dengue: Urbanization, Innovation, and Advocacy. Professor Mutapi, serving as Co-Director of Tiba, participated in COP28, where she made a valuable contribution to the report. You can find her quote on page 18 of the attached report:
Affected Voices Meeting Tanzania
The Affected Voices Meeting in Tanzania has built on the success of the first Affected Voices Meeting in Zimbabwe. These gatherings serve a vital purpose: to offer a platform for individuals affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), with a particular focus on those grappling with snakebite envenoming, schistosomiasis/bilharzia, and lymphatic filariasis/elephantiasis.
Affected Voices Meeting Zimbabwe
Our Affected Voices Meeting in Bindura, Zimbabwe was the first of its kind, putting NTD affected individuals at the centre of the meeting. In this meeting we aimed to address the following:
TIBA at CPHIA 2022
TIBA are proud to have both supported and participated in this youth-lead meeting, galvanising Africa's youth into taking leadership on the continent's health agenda. Watch at: -
https://twitter.com/FutureAfriForum/status/1605110558633533440?s=20&t=8p...
TIBA gets a shout out in WHO annual report
TIBA has been recognized in the WHO annual report to be presented at the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa. Member states, led by the Regional Director Dr Moeti, will meet to discuss the continent's health in Togo starting 22 August 2022.