Federica Giordani
@fedegla.bsky.social
Scientist, working on neglected tropical diseases #NTDs. Parasitology | Infectious diseases | Drug discovery
Reposted by Federica Giordani
#ReadingNow | With support from the @ec.europa.eu, @fao.org publishes the operational guidelines for the progressive control of African animal #trypanosomosis
🗺️ Read paper: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
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@who.int
@africanunion.bsky.social
@cirad.bsky.social
@ird-fr.bsky.social
🗺️ Read paper: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@iaeaorg.bsky.social
@who.int
@africanunion.bsky.social
@cirad.bsky.social
@ird-fr.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#ReadingNow | With support from the @ec.europa.eu, @fao.org publishes the operational guidelines for the progressive control of African animal #trypanosomosis
🗺️ Read paper: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@iaeaorg.bsky.social
@who.int
@africanunion.bsky.social
@cirad.bsky.social
@ird-fr.bsky.social
🗺️ Read paper: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@iaeaorg.bsky.social
@who.int
@africanunion.bsky.social
@cirad.bsky.social
@ird-fr.bsky.social
Reposted by Federica Giordani
#HappeningNow | @fao.org joins scientists and vet officials for animal #trypanosomosis research and control
#SALTTz
•🔗Opinion: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•🗺️Disease intelligence: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•📘Progressive control: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@glasgow.ac.uk
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
#SALTTz
•🔗Opinion: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•🗺️Disease intelligence: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•📘Progressive control: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@glasgow.ac.uk
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 AM
#HappeningNow | @fao.org joins scientists and vet officials for animal #trypanosomosis research and control
#SALTTz
•🔗Opinion: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•🗺️Disease intelligence: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•📘Progressive control: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@glasgow.ac.uk
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
#SALTTz
•🔗Opinion: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•🗺️Disease intelligence: doi.org/10.1016/j.pt...
•📘Progressive control: doi.org/10.4060/cd79...
@glasgow.ac.uk
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Reposted by Federica Giordani
Join us for upcoming BSP Tryps Club meetings! Schedule here ⬇️
The British Society for Parasitology (BSP) Tryps Club is pleased to share our upcoming series of events. These sessions will bring together leading experts and the wider community to exchange knowledge, highlight research, and foster collaboration in parasitology. (1/5)
September 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Join us for upcoming BSP Tryps Club meetings! Schedule here ⬇️
Reposted by Federica Giordani
Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
New WHO guidelines for treating rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: expanded indications for #fexinidazole and #pentamidine #NTD #SleepingSickness www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New WHO guidelines for treating rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: expanded indications for fexinidazole and pentamidine
Human African trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that is usually fatal without treatment. WHO has revised its rhodesiense human African t…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New WHO guidelines for treating rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: expanded indications for #fexinidazole and #pentamidine #NTD #SleepingSickness www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Federica Giordani
The U.K. has moved to ban meat and dairy imports from Hungary and Slovakia after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed along the border between the two countries on Friday, less than two months after an outbreak in Germany.
UK bans meat, dairy imports from Hungary, Slovakia after foot-and-mouth case
Confirmation of case along the Hungarian-Slovak border comes less than two months after an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in Germany.
www.politico.eu
March 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The U.K. has moved to ban meat and dairy imports from Hungary and Slovakia after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed along the border between the two countries on Friday, less than two months after an outbreak in Germany.
Human African trypanosomiasis: updated review, looking towards the elimination target of 2030 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Human African trypanosomiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is caused by infection with Trypanosoma
brucei gambiense or Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense parasites, which are transmitted
by tsetse flies in sub-Sa...
www.thelancet.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Human African trypanosomiasis: updated review, looking towards the elimination target of 2030 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Federica Giordani
PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do
We live in a dystopian world
It’s been one month and look at the harm that the Trump team have done to American research. I hope he will roll back some of his decisions but I fear there a lack of pro- research advocacy in his team 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We live in a dystopian world
👀 In case you missed it...here’s a sneak peek into Guinea’s incredible journey to eliminate #SleepingSickness as a public health problem!
📽️ Watch the full film to see how Guinea achieved this milestone: youtube.com/watch?v=csdn...
#BeatNTDs
📽️ Watch the full film to see how Guinea achieved this milestone: youtube.com/watch?v=csdn...
#BeatNTDs
February 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM