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:
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.
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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...
Find out more about TIBA's contribution to the WHO policy on' Deworming adolescent girls and women of reproductive age'.
University of Edinburgh Global Health Professor to join the newest class of 20 global visionaries, sharing their big ideas throughout the events planned for 2021.
Epidemiologist Francisca Mutapi has been selected as a TED Fellow, joining a class of 20 remarkable individuals who are collaborating across disciplines to spark positive change around the world.
Read the full report from our AGM in Accra, Ghana, September 2019
