Matt Dixon-Zegeye

A new project, SUSTAIN-Uganda, will tackle Taenia solium in Northern Uganda. Funded by the UK Medical Research Council we’ll work with @ilri.org, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, Makerere University and Gulu University to reduce its health and economic impact. unlimithealth.org/news/2-milli...

Breaking the cycle: combating Taenia solium in Uganda YouTube video by International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Really proud to share this news! We have been awarded a 5-year grant by the UK Medical Research Council to investigate sustainable and cost-effective #OneHealth control options against the pork tapeworm Taenia solium in northern Uganda. Learn more about the parasite here: youtu.be/0J5QN2lSOOI?...

A young African girl in a red dress holding a fish by a river. Her feet is in the water.

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🎉 Congratulations #Niger for eliminating Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, the first country in the African Region to do so bit.ly/40Ur7lV

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Really important milestone in the fight against onchocerciasis (river blindness) www.medicinesdevelopment.com/news/ghana-b... #beatNTDs

Economic analysis Taenia solium Control in Uganda: Developing and implementing a One Health Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Economic analysis Taenia solium Control in Uganda: Developing and implementing a One Health Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

Great opportunity to work on an infectious disease that is a leading cause of epilepsy in endemic countries, with an excellent supervisory team! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

how many treatments Unlimit Health supported with delivery in 2023-2024

I do hope my old employers, Unlimit Health, join bsbyb soon, to showcase the fabulous work they do towards eliminating Neglected Tropical diseases. In the mean time, here is their recently published annual report: unlimithealth.org/annual-report/ with the fig👇 showing number of treatments supported

It does feel like a watershed moment!

Building in-house capabilities in health agencies and outsourcing to academia or industry: considerations for effective infectious disease modelling Infectious disease models provide a systematic way to estimate crucial features of epidemic dynamics and explore different transmission and control sc…

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❓Government-led and academia-led infectious disease modelling groups: Who should perform which tasks and when? #IDsky #EpiSky

📄 For discussion on this question, see this recently published article in Epidemics.

✍️ By Rachael Pung & @adamjkucharski.bsky.social

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Really enjoyed participating in the International Task Force for Disease Eradication at the Carter Centre. The focus was on Taenia solium which causes epilepsy. Significant progress in the field raises the prospect of elimination in certain settings. Look forward to the recommendations. #NTDs

Looking forward to getting started on this platform, time to move on from X!