Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at UBC
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NGDI-UBC will develop interventions for neglected global diseases
and ensure their delivery to those in need.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American Colleagues and Friends from NGDI UBC! #Peace #Thanksgiving #Support @astmh.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @msfaccess.org @americanredcross.bsky.social @unaids.org @cughnews.bsky.social @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
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NGDI UBC Congratulates our Co-Founder Dr. Kishor Wasan for being elected as a Director of the Board & Chair, Scientific Board of Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada: prostatecanada.ca/about-us/our...
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NGDI UBC Congratulates our Co-Founder Dr. Kishor Wasan for being elected as a Director of the Board & Chair, Scientific Board of Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada: prostatecanada.ca/about-us/our...
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
NGDI UBC Congratulates our Co-Founder Dr. Kishor Wasan for being elected as a Director of the Board & Chair, Scientific Board of Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada: prostatecanada.ca/about-us/our...
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NGDI UBC Congratulates our Co-Founder Dr. Kishor Wasan for being elected as a Director of the Board & Chair, Scientific Board of Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada: prostatecanada.ca/about-us/our...
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca
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The Global Fund has fallen short of its $18 billion target, risking the progress made against AIDS, TB, and malaria.
Our latest Editorial discusses the challenges and opportunities in shaping the future of global health investment.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63321A5zXh
Our latest Editorial discusses the challenges and opportunities in shaping the future of global health investment.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63321A5zXh
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Global Fund has fallen short of its $18 billion target, risking the progress made against AIDS, TB, and malaria.
Our latest Editorial discusses the challenges and opportunities in shaping the future of global health investment.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63321A5zXh
Our latest Editorial discusses the challenges and opportunities in shaping the future of global health investment.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63321A5zXh
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The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande.
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A golden era of tuberculosis vaccines is coming – but is the world ready? wellcome.org//insights/ar...
A golden era of TB vaccines is coming – but is the world ready? | News | Wellcome
A golden era of TB vaccines is coming. Is the world ready? Alex Pym discusses the urgent need for global preparation to ensure they save lives.
wellcome.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A golden era of tuberculosis vaccines is coming – but is the world ready? wellcome.org//insights/ar...
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A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how
Nature - With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
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On World Children’s Day (20 Nov 2025), TB activists and MSF marched in solidarity with children affected by tuberculosis at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen. To learn more about MSF’s work and engagement on TB in children, visit: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber...
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On World Children’s Day (20 Nov 2025), TB activists and MSF marched in solidarity with children affected by tuberculosis at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen. To learn more about MSF’s work and engagement on TB in children, visit: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber...
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American Colleagues and Friends from NGDI UBC! #Peace #Thanksgiving #Support @astmh.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @msfaccess.org @americanredcross.bsky.social @unaids.org @cughnews.bsky.social @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American Colleagues and Friends from NGDI UBC! #Peace #Thanksgiving #Support @astmh.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @msfaccess.org @americanredcross.bsky.social @unaids.org @cughnews.bsky.social @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American Colleagues and Friends from NGDI UBC! #Peace #Thanksgiving #Support @astmh.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @msfaccess.org @americanredcross.bsky.social @unaids.org @cughnews.bsky.social @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American Colleagues and Friends from NGDI UBC! #Peace #Thanksgiving #Support @astmh.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @msfaccess.org @americanredcross.bsky.social @unaids.org @cughnews.bsky.social @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
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Research by NGDI UBC in collaboration with computer scientists at LSU using #AI have identified novel compounds to treat Emerging Infectious Diseases including long-hauling #COVIDー19 in children @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @isntd.org @yalesph.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Research by NGDI UBC in collaboration with computer scientists at LSU using #AI have identified novel compounds to treat Emerging Infectious Diseases including long-hauling #COVIDー19 in children @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @isntd.org @yalesph.bsky.social
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What a week it's been here in Toronto at #TropMed25! We would like to extend our thanks to @ngdiubc.bsky.social for sharing this learning and networking experience with early career health professionals, many of whom are contributing towards the prevention & treatment of NTDs. @astmh.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What a week it's been here in Toronto at #TropMed25! We would like to extend our thanks to @ngdiubc.bsky.social for sharing this learning and networking experience with early career health professionals, many of whom are contributing towards the prevention & treatment of NTDs. @astmh.bsky.social
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NGDI UBC is honored to provide sponsorship for Canadian NTD students to experience the ASTMH 2025 Annual Meeting in Toronto (and attend the CNNTD symposium). #ASTMH #TropMed25 @astmh.bsky.social @cagh-acsm.bsky.social @uniting.bsky.social @msf.ca
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November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NGDI UBC is honored to provide sponsorship for Canadian NTD students to experience the ASTMH 2025 Annual Meeting in Toronto (and attend the CNNTD symposium). #ASTMH #TropMed25 @astmh.bsky.social @cagh-acsm.bsky.social @uniting.bsky.social @msf.ca
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Thank you to the University of Texas College of Pharmacy Alumni Association for spotlighting our NGDI UBC Co-Founder in this month’s newsletter (under “alumni updates”)! 😊 @mdanderson.bsky.social @utexaspress.bsky.social @utexaspharmacy.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thank you to the University of Texas College of Pharmacy Alumni Association for spotlighting our NGDI UBC Co-Founder in this month’s newsletter (under “alumni updates”)! 😊 @mdanderson.bsky.social @utexaspress.bsky.social @utexaspharmacy.bsky.social
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Happy US Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
It’s a dark world at the moment, so finding moments of joy and brightness is important to replenish our achy breaky hearts
It’s a dark world at the moment, so finding moments of joy and brightness is important to replenish our achy breaky hearts
a cartoon of charlie brown and snoopy holding a turkey with the words happy thanksgiving sweetie
Alt: a cartoon of charlie brown and snoopy holding a turkey with the words happy thanksgiving sweetie
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November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy US Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!
It’s a dark world at the moment, so finding moments of joy and brightness is important to replenish our achy breaky hearts
It’s a dark world at the moment, so finding moments of joy and brightness is important to replenish our achy breaky hearts
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The sad part is that nobody will be held accountable for this disaster 👇🏾
“Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030 out of reach”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030 out of reach”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘Devastating’ collapse in HIV prevention to drive millions of new infections
Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the Aids pandemic by 2030 out of reach
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The sad part is that nobody will be held accountable for this disaster 👇🏾
“Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030 out of reach”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030 out of reach”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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What can researchers do if they suspect that their manuscripts have been peer reviewed using AI?
go.nature.com/4pxUNyD
go.nature.com/4pxUNyD
Major AI conference flooded with peer-reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
go.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What can researchers do if they suspect that their manuscripts have been peer reviewed using AI?
go.nature.com/4pxUNyD
go.nature.com/4pxUNyD
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❗Don't miss our event next week❗
We are delighted to welcome @drsethberkley.bsky.social, former head of @gavi.org who will explore issues and answer questions around #vaccine hesitancy, #misinformation and vaccine #equity.
🗓️ 3 December
🕰️ 17.30 GMT
📍LSHTM | online
🔗 bit.ly/4il2dmD
We are delighted to welcome @drsethberkley.bsky.social, former head of @gavi.org who will explore issues and answer questions around #vaccine hesitancy, #misinformation and vaccine #equity.
🗓️ 3 December
🕰️ 17.30 GMT
📍LSHTM | online
🔗 bit.ly/4il2dmD
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
❗Don't miss our event next week❗
We are delighted to welcome @drsethberkley.bsky.social, former head of @gavi.org who will explore issues and answer questions around #vaccine hesitancy, #misinformation and vaccine #equity.
🗓️ 3 December
🕰️ 17.30 GMT
📍LSHTM | online
🔗 bit.ly/4il2dmD
We are delighted to welcome @drsethberkley.bsky.social, former head of @gavi.org who will explore issues and answer questions around #vaccine hesitancy, #misinformation and vaccine #equity.
🗓️ 3 December
🕰️ 17.30 GMT
📍LSHTM | online
🔗 bit.ly/4il2dmD
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Europe is off track on 4/5 antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) targets.
A new Comment by @ema.europa.eu & @ecdc.europa.eu outline urgent actions to fight #AMR across Europe.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new Comment by @ema.europa.eu & @ecdc.europa.eu outline urgent actions to fight #AMR across Europe.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rising antimicrobial resistance in Europe: EMA and ECDC outline urgent actions to achieve EU targets
On 18 November, the European Antibiotic Awareness Day,1 the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control (ECDC) published the 2024 data on antimicrobial resistance
(AMR)2 and antimicrobial consu...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Europe is off track on 4/5 antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) targets.
A new Comment by @ema.europa.eu & @ecdc.europa.eu outline urgent actions to fight #AMR across Europe.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new Comment by @ema.europa.eu & @ecdc.europa.eu outline urgent actions to fight #AMR across Europe.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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"Don't let your Thanksgiving dinner become a super-spreader event"
COVID isn’t over. Symptoms can overlap with flu. With free tests gone and vaccination rates low — only 6% of kids and 14% of adults are up to date — keep rapid tests on hand, especially if you’re ill or traveling for Thanksgiving.
COVID isn’t over. Symptoms can overlap with flu. With free tests gone and vaccination rates low — only 6% of kids and 14% of adults are up to date — keep rapid tests on hand, especially if you’re ill or traveling for Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Don't let your Thanksgiving dinner become a super-spreader event"
COVID isn’t over. Symptoms can overlap with flu. With free tests gone and vaccination rates low — only 6% of kids and 14% of adults are up to date — keep rapid tests on hand, especially if you’re ill or traveling for Thanksgiving.
COVID isn’t over. Symptoms can overlap with flu. With free tests gone and vaccination rates low — only 6% of kids and 14% of adults are up to date — keep rapid tests on hand, especially if you’re ill or traveling for Thanksgiving.
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#UNICEF highlights how community health workers in Gado-Badzere, Cameroon are using DHIS2 to enter health data directly, improving real-time reporting and supervision.
🔗 www.unicef.org/cameroon/sto...
#DHIS2 #DigitalHealth
🔗 www.unicef.org/cameroon/sto...
#DHIS2 #DigitalHealth
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#UNICEF highlights how community health workers in Gado-Badzere, Cameroon are using DHIS2 to enter health data directly, improving real-time reporting and supervision.
🔗 www.unicef.org/cameroon/sto...
#DHIS2 #DigitalHealth
🔗 www.unicef.org/cameroon/sto...
#DHIS2 #DigitalHealth
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My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵
Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2
The constant emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has driven the COVID-19 pandemic
and sustains the current endemic. Saltation variants, such as BA.2.86,1 encode highly
mutated spike (S) proteins th...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵
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Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results
go.nature.com/3MaSKC9
go.nature.com/3MaSKC9
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results
go.nature.com/3MaSKC9
go.nature.com/3MaSKC9
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Thinking about a career in global health?
Encore episode alert: @garryaslanyan.bsky.social chats with Stephanie Topp & @renzoguinto.bsky.social on pathways, mentorship, and elevating new voices.
Listen 👉 https://tinyurl.com/GHM-Encore4
Encore episode alert: @garryaslanyan.bsky.social chats with Stephanie Topp & @renzoguinto.bsky.social on pathways, mentorship, and elevating new voices.
Listen 👉 https://tinyurl.com/GHM-Encore4
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Thinking about a career in global health?
Encore episode alert: @garryaslanyan.bsky.social chats with Stephanie Topp & @renzoguinto.bsky.social on pathways, mentorship, and elevating new voices.
Listen 👉 https://tinyurl.com/GHM-Encore4
Encore episode alert: @garryaslanyan.bsky.social chats with Stephanie Topp & @renzoguinto.bsky.social on pathways, mentorship, and elevating new voices.
Listen 👉 https://tinyurl.com/GHM-Encore4
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Who do people trust when it comes to health? Joy Phumaphi (ALMA) says it starts with community voices 🎧 Watch her insight from #WHS2025 ( @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social) on the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast with @garryaslanyan.bsky.social 👉 http://tinyurl.com/GHM-E56
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Who do people trust when it comes to health? Joy Phumaphi (ALMA) says it starts with community voices 🎧 Watch her insight from #WHS2025 ( @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social) on the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast with @garryaslanyan.bsky.social 👉 http://tinyurl.com/GHM-E56
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📢 If you’re at #ICASA2025, don’t miss the 8th Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum ( #BHPF2025 ) on 2 Dec in Accra & virtually!
🌐 Join advocates, researchers, youth leaders & policy makers driving equitable access & African-led action toward ending AIDS by 2030. #RethinkRebuildRise
🌐 Join advocates, researchers, youth leaders & policy makers driving equitable access & African-led action toward ending AIDS by 2030. #RethinkRebuildRise
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 If you’re at #ICASA2025, don’t miss the 8th Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum ( #BHPF2025 ) on 2 Dec in Accra & virtually!
🌐 Join advocates, researchers, youth leaders & policy makers driving equitable access & African-led action toward ending AIDS by 2030. #RethinkRebuildRise
🌐 Join advocates, researchers, youth leaders & policy makers driving equitable access & African-led action toward ending AIDS by 2030. #RethinkRebuildRise