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
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:
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.
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:
A 3-minute video showcasing some of TIBA's work in Africa.
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 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.
TIBA partners have signed the Kigali Declaration to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), becoming the first African led research partnership to do so.
Read more on these websites: -
Read The Sunday Mail write up about the TIBA Dissemination Meeting held at Victoria Falls
A new film launching today, produced in collaboration between Professor Agnieszka Piotrowska and Professor Francisca Mutapi, acts as both an awareness-raising and advocacy tool, amplifying the stories of people affected and calling for tailored interventions.
View the film on the Uniting to Combat NTDs website - https://unitingtocombatntds.org/news/film-launched-on-bilharzia-wash-and...
