@tunga.bsky.social
Public health, tungiasis, NTDs, birds, wildlife, off-grid, recycling,
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases
www.who.int/publications...
www.who.int/publications...
Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 December 2024
Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 December 2024
www.who.int
September 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases
www.who.int/publications...
www.who.int/publications...
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Peaceful protesters yesterday, writing the words on their placards which will convert them from ordinary citizens to terrorists in the eyes of the government and the law. Words which put them in the same legal group as Osama bin Laden. The rank absurdity of Cooper’s decision captured in one photo.
July 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Peaceful protesters yesterday, writing the words on their placards which will convert them from ordinary citizens to terrorists in the eyes of the government and the law. Words which put them in the same legal group as Osama bin Laden. The rank absurdity of Cooper’s decision captured in one photo.
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For a while after grad school I worked on the histories of famine in Madras and I have never forgotten the cruelties of what it does to the human body. To know that this is an intentional, manufactured and now irreversible famine, and that no one seems to care makes my stomach churn.
I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.
July 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For a while after grad school I worked on the histories of famine in Madras and I have never forgotten the cruelties of what it does to the human body. To know that this is an intentional, manufactured and now irreversible famine, and that no one seems to care makes my stomach churn.
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"“We are overwhelmed. Every day, we see more children arriving with extreme weight loss, anemia, and symptoms of immune deficiency."
Children Are Starving in Gaza, as Soldiers Kill People Looking for Food
Doctors trying to save starving children and parents trying to feed their families spoke with The Intercept.
interc.pt
June 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"“We are overwhelmed. Every day, we see more children arriving with extreme weight loss, anemia, and symptoms of immune deficiency."
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Urgent community action needed by Monday!
“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”
This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”
This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
Speak Up Now: Protect Disability Access Rights!
Deadline to submit public comment is June 16th!
nacdd.quorum.us
June 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Urgent community action needed by Monday!
“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”
This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”
This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
Great to see this ground breaking study on the control of tungiasis published. Now we urgently need govts to get #NYDA to the people who need it. #beatNTDs #NTDs journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Reduction of tungiasis prevalence, intensity, and morbidity during a two-year long community-based tungiasis control project in a hyperendemic region in Karamoja, Uganda
Author summary Sand flea disease (tungiasis) is a common poverty-associated disease in many tropical countries that affects humans and animals. It causes pain, itching, and walking difficulties and ca...
journals.plos.org
June 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Great to see this ground breaking study on the control of tungiasis published. Now we urgently need govts to get #NYDA to the people who need it. #beatNTDs #NTDs journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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#DYK there is a water-borne infection that can lead to #infertility ,📈 risk to HIV & is often misdiagnosed as an #STI? Our cross-sector coalition tackles the neglected issue of #FGSchisto across #SRHR, #HIV, #HPV, #NTDs & #WASH.
🎥 Watch our explainer video: youtu.be/TJD9_3DQwsY
#EndTheNeglect
🎥 Watch our explainer video: youtu.be/TJD9_3DQwsY
#EndTheNeglect
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) a neglected sexual and reproductive health condition
This video animation explains what FGS is, how it affects women and what the Female Genital Schistosomiasis Integration Group (FIG) is doing to tackle it.
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#DYK there is a water-borne infection that can lead to #infertility ,📈 risk to HIV & is often misdiagnosed as an #STI? Our cross-sector coalition tackles the neglected issue of #FGSchisto across #SRHR, #HIV, #HPV, #NTDs & #WASH.
🎥 Watch our explainer video: youtu.be/TJD9_3DQwsY
#EndTheNeglect
🎥 Watch our explainer video: youtu.be/TJD9_3DQwsY
#EndTheNeglect
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The age of extinction
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
@tessairini.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
@tessairini.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The age of extinction
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
@tessairini.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
@tessairini.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great to see this guideline for the treatment of tungiasis from PAHO published. Glad to have been able to contribute. www.paho.org/en/documents...
Guidelines for the treatment of tungiasis
Tungiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans, continues to affect millions of people in vulnerable communities across South America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan A...
www.paho.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great to see this guideline for the treatment of tungiasis from PAHO published. Glad to have been able to contribute. www.paho.org/en/documents...
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In the UK I'm petitioning for a ban of fossil fuel ads and sponsorships– for too long these corporations have had unlimited £££ to greenwash their dirty reputations in schools , sports and everywhere in between – it must change govpetition.uk/700024
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
govpetition.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In the UK I'm petitioning for a ban of fossil fuel ads and sponsorships– for too long these corporations have had unlimited £££ to greenwash their dirty reputations in schools , sports and everywhere in between – it must change govpetition.uk/700024
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Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines
April 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines
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Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Different, not less: my life as a 10-year-old with autism
People judge me for being different, but autism helps me achieve amazing things – including publishing books and writing articles
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
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Cory Booker has now been speaking on the floor of the Senate for almost 14 HOURS.
An epic filibuster.
A protest against Trump’s violation & trampling of the Constitution.
Thousands tuned in online overnight. 16,000 are still watching.
Nice work @booker.senate.gov
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An epic filibuster.
A protest against Trump’s violation & trampling of the Constitution.
Thousands tuned in online overnight. 16,000 are still watching.
Nice work @booker.senate.gov
👏🫡
April 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Cory Booker has now been speaking on the floor of the Senate for almost 14 HOURS.
An epic filibuster.
A protest against Trump’s violation & trampling of the Constitution.
Thousands tuned in online overnight. 16,000 are still watching.
Nice work @booker.senate.gov
👏🫡
An epic filibuster.
A protest against Trump’s violation & trampling of the Constitution.
Thousands tuned in online overnight. 16,000 are still watching.
Nice work @booker.senate.gov
👏🫡
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Attacking ambulances, executing medics, then tossing their bodies in a mass grave.
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
April 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Attacking ambulances, executing medics, then tossing their bodies in a mass grave.
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.
But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...
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Excited to see launch WHO SkinNTD LabNet which is designed to enhance & support quality diagnostics for control, elimination and eradication of Neglected Tropical Diseases throughout Africa www.who.int/groups/skin-... We are currently working to help setup standardised SOPs for yaws diagnostics.
October 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Excited to see launch WHO SkinNTD LabNet which is designed to enhance & support quality diagnostics for control, elimination and eradication of Neglected Tropical Diseases throughout Africa www.who.int/groups/skin-... We are currently working to help setup standardised SOPs for yaws diagnostics.
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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CEPR had ~1500 followers on X...
Follow and repost if you reckon can we beat that on Bluesky!
Follow and repost if you reckon can we beat that on Bluesky!
Hi Bluesky! 👋
We're the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response at @lshtm.bsky.social.
Our Centre brings together experts from different fields to see the bigger picture, re-think collaboration and make a global impact on pandemic preparedness.
Want to know more? 👇
We're the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response at @lshtm.bsky.social.
Our Centre brings together experts from different fields to see the bigger picture, re-think collaboration and make a global impact on pandemic preparedness.
Want to know more? 👇
March 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
CEPR had ~1500 followers on X...
Follow and repost if you reckon can we beat that on Bluesky!
Follow and repost if you reckon can we beat that on Bluesky!
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UK economy loses £118bn a year to poor mental health.
Causes ignored - anxiety, insecurity, low incomes, high cost of living, poor housing, perinatal depression, bullying, social isolation of people.
Cutting benefits, bashing people is not the answer.
Causes ignored - anxiety, insecurity, low incomes, high cost of living, poor housing, perinatal depression, bullying, social isolation of people.
Cutting benefits, bashing people is not the answer.
Poor mental health costs £118bn. Benefit cuts are not the answer
The Mental Health Foundation argues that the cost of cutting disability benefits will be greater than the savings.
www.bigissue.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
UK economy loses £118bn a year to poor mental health.
Causes ignored - anxiety, insecurity, low incomes, high cost of living, poor housing, perinatal depression, bullying, social isolation of people.
Cutting benefits, bashing people is not the answer.
Causes ignored - anxiety, insecurity, low incomes, high cost of living, poor housing, perinatal depression, bullying, social isolation of people.
Cutting benefits, bashing people is not the answer.
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To be fair, it looks like all medical research is no longer allowed.
Good luck everyone! 🙃
epiellie.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...
Good luck everyone! 🙃
epiellie.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...
In Trump's America, epidemiology is no longer allowed
Is this a feature or a bug?
epiellie.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
To be fair, it looks like all medical research is no longer allowed.
Good luck everyone! 🙃
epiellie.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...
Good luck everyone! 🙃
epiellie.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...
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Some countries are so wealthy that even a rounding error in their budgets could mean the difference between life and death for people in the poorest parts of the world.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)
March 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Some countries are so wealthy that even a rounding error in their budgets could mean the difference between life and death for people in the poorest parts of the world.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)
(This Daily Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)
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Most OECD countries fail to reach the UN’s target for aid to the poorest countries
March 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Most OECD countries fail to reach the UN’s target for aid to the poorest countries
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I know people hate being told to wear a mask, I know they want to forget about Covid.
But there’s never been a more important time to mask up
The U.S. is dismantling social supports, stripping healthcare & research funding & embracing fascism
safeguard your health. No one else will do it for you
But there’s never been a more important time to mask up
The U.S. is dismantling social supports, stripping healthcare & research funding & embracing fascism
safeguard your health. No one else will do it for you
March 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I know people hate being told to wear a mask, I know they want to forget about Covid.
But there’s never been a more important time to mask up
The U.S. is dismantling social supports, stripping healthcare & research funding & embracing fascism
safeguard your health. No one else will do it for you
But there’s never been a more important time to mask up
The U.S. is dismantling social supports, stripping healthcare & research funding & embracing fascism
safeguard your health. No one else will do it for you
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It's hard to comprehend the scale at which supertrawlers are murdering life in the oceans.
March 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It's hard to comprehend the scale at which supertrawlers are murdering life in the oceans.
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" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay