Another piece by our senior NTDs technical advisor, Dr. Shyamala Anand, on the ocular NTDs photo database project in Leprosy Review ! Thanks to collaboration with Tropical Data, we were able to develop an ocular leprosy photo database. Now we're working with the ILEP Federation to make this an accessible tool for health workers and program staff. As these symptoms become more rare, resources like this are critical to equip those on the front lines serving people affected. https://lnkd.in/e_SuQS9d
American Leprosy Missions
Public Health
Greenville, SC 1,570 followers
We break barriers to health and restore hope for people suffering the pain and stigma of NTDs like leprosy.
About us
American Leprosy Missions is the oldest and largest Christian organization in the United States dedicated to breaking down barriers to health and restoring hope for people suffering from the pain and stigma of neglected tropical diseases like leprosy. It currently supports projects, programs and partners in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia and South America. Since its founding in 1906, American Leprosy Missions has provided holistic healing to more than four million people around the world, including through medical treatment, health worker training, disease mapping, community development, health system strengthening and research.
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http://www.leprosy.org
External link for American Leprosy Missions
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- Public Health
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Greenville, SC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1906
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1 ALM Way
Greenville, SC 29601, US
Employees at American Leprosy Missions
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Sarah Hesshaus
Vice President of Business Process and Communications at American Leprosy Missions
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Bill Simmons
President and CEO - American Leprosy Missions
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Dr. Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi
Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge | Senior Director of Research & Innovation at American Leprosy Missions
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Kenneth Wilson
Chief of Staff at American Leprosy Missions
Updates
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The July InfoNTD newsletter is HERE!
🌐 InfoNTD July Newsletter Highlights 🌐 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 1. #WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Human African #Trypanosomiasis: The latest WHO manual offering detailed guidelines for the effective treatment of this critical disease. 2. #OneHealth Toolkit: Developed by Internews Health Journalism Network, this toolkit is an essential resource for integrating health campaigns and improving overall health communication strategies. 3. Accessibility GO! A Guide to Action: A comprehensive guideline by CBM Christian Blind Mission, providing actionable steps to enhance accessibility for people with disabilities. 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 1. Annual Report 2023: Insights and data from the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, detailing progress and challenges in the fight against NTDs. 2. Anticipatory Action for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases: A regional assessment by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, highlighting proactive measures to combat infectious diseases influenced by climate change. 3. Rethinking Global Health: This thought-provoking publication by R.A. Burgess, challenges traditional perspectives and offers new insights into global health strategies. 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 1. PAHO Webinar: "Advancing the Agenda - Achievements and Future Directions" on July 31, 2024, discussing strategic efforts to eliminate over 30 communicable diseases by 2030. 2. NTD NGO Network (NNN) Conference 2024: October 1-3, 2024, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This event focuses on fostering global equity and strengthening community engagement in tackling NTDs. 3. Diorapthe Foundation Grant: Call for research proposals on skin-related Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The foundation supports preclinical, clinical, and operational research. Submission deadline is October 4, 2024, 18:00 CEST. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝: Dive deeper into these topics and explore many more practical tools, insightful publications, and upcoming events and subscribe to the InfoNTD Newsletter 💪✨ 🔗 Check the comments for the July newsletter link! #GlobalHealth #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #PublicHealth #OneHealth #Accessibility #ClimateAction
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Pleased to see this recognition of The Task Force for Global Health, Inc.!
Exciting news! Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an extensive feature covering the genesis and history of The Task Force for Global Health, Inc., as well as success stories, our 40th anniversary, global progress on child survival, and the opening of The William H. Foege Collaboration Center at our headquarters. Read now to learn more about our work with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNDP, The World Bank, Merck, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Special thank you to Helena Oliviero for the incredible article. 🔗https://bit.ly/3XUTtes #40YearsofTaskForce
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We're hiring! If you forge strong relationships with donors, equipping them with an understanding of their impact and equipping them to give effectively, explore our Regional Donor Relations Manager position and apply today: https://lnkd.in/dd_ZWsA
Careers - American Leprosy Missions
https://leprosy.org
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During the #pandemic, we were honored to support drug discovery research at the University of Cambridge that utilized computational methods to examine drug molecules and SARS-CoV2 target proteins. This research has been published--thank you Nature Methods Journal! #COVID19 #DrugDiscovery #CryoEM Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge | Senior Director of Research & Innovation at American Leprosy Missions
Delighted to share our contributions to computational drug discovery efforts made during the COVID-19 pandemic from Cambridge. Our work, assessing the reliability and reproducibility of modeling ligands bound to SARS-CoV-2 protein targets derived from CryoEM maps, has been published in Nature Methods. #COVID19 #DrugDiscovery #CryoEM University of Cambridge Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge American Leprosy Missions
Outcomes of the EMDataResource cryo-EM Ligand Modeling Challenge - Nature Methods
nature.com
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It's officially 2️⃣ years since the publication and signing of the #Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)! We're proud to be part of this movement across sectors building momentum toward a future free of these diseases. It's never too late to participate! Join the growing global coalition of governments, pharmaceutical companies, NGOs and other partners that endorse the Declaration or make specific commitments to #beatNTDs. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4c99stG #NTDs #UniteActEliminate #strongertogether #science #partners #globalhealth
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Check out the International Coalition for Trachoma Control latest blog by our senior technical advisor for NTDs, Dr. Shyamala Anand, discussing our ocular #NTDs integration project with the ILEP Federation, collaborating with Tropical Data. The addition of ocular leprosy to the Tropical Data photo database is a first step toward recognizing and integrating ‘ocular’ #NTDs while building a single resource for health workers, program staff, trainers, etc. How are you utilizing #integration to #beatNTDs?
There are three neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) with sight-threatening complications: trachoma, an ocular disease; onchocerciasis, better known as ‘river blindness’, affecting the skin and eyes; and leprosy, which primarily affects the skin, peripheral nerves, and the eyes. As cases of these NTDs become increasingly rare, the use of digital tools and educational resources will soon become crucial for building health workers’ capacity to recognize eye conditions early enough to prevent devastating vision loss. Read our latest opinion piece by Dr Shyamala Anand, which presents a case for integrating ocular NTDs. https://lnkd.in/e3GPFt_Q
INTEGRATING ‘OCULAR’ NTDs | International Coalition for Trachoma Control
trachomacoalition.org
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American Leprosy Missions reposted this
Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge | Senior Director of Research & Innovation at American Leprosy Missions
Here is our (#InternationalLeprosyAssociation) statement on Leprosy at the World Health Assembly (WHA77- Committee A and agenda items 11.6, 11.7 and 11.8). It was a significant opportunity for me to briefly highlight the ongoing challenges and advancements in tackling this disease. “Let us unite, guided by principles of equity and inclusiveness, to achieve a world free of Leprosy” #WHA77 American Leprosy Missions The Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy ILEP India University of Cambridge Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge World Health Organization #Leprosy #NTDs
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Our director of #research and innovation, Dr. Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, presenting a statement at #WHA77 on the challenges and progress in combatting #leprosy. It's an honor to highlight the reality of hundreds of thousands of people affected, doctors, researchers and #NTDs program staff during this gathering. #WorldHealthAssembly - World Health Organization headqarters, #Geneva #globalhealth #beatNTDs #zeroleprosy
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American Leprosy Missions reposted this
✉ The May Newsletter was sent out last week. It contains: 🛠 Newly uploaded practical materials: A webinar (part of the International Society For Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) Connect series) on behaviour change interventions for schistosomiasis elimination, presented by the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance. In this webinar Carlos A. Torres Vitolas, PhD MRSTMH discusses the implications of the study “Behaviour Change for Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination: A systematic review from LMIC” and Geordie Woods presents the WASH and NTDs toolkit/guide on how to engage and work collaboratively to improve delivery of WASH services to underserved populations affected by NTDs. 💸 A special section on financial impact of NTDs: Immurana et al., (2024), examines the macroeconomic effects of certain NTDs, revealing that an increase in prevalence of disease is associated with a fall in economic performance. Another featured article by Patikorn et al., (2024), a systematic review, explores the financial hardship among persons affected by NTDs, showing that catastrophic health spending and out-of-pocket costs related to certain NTDs can lead to financial hardship. 📰 Other new NTDs publications: 1. The new global report on neglected tropical diseases 2024 by the World Health Organization in which a wide range of activities, accomplishments, and challenges across the portfolio of NTDs and all six WHO regions are described. 2. The scoping review on the impact of climate change on NTDs and malaria by the WHO Task Team on Climate Change, NTDs, and Malaria. 3. The thought-provoking opinion piece “Who is a global health expert” by Ojiako et al., (2023). 📆 Events & Webinars: 1. Togo on its path towards the elimination of onchocerciasis – GONE webinar June 14, 2024. 2. Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases and USAID 10 years of partnership anniversary! - a brochure highlighting their accomplishments 3. The 1st edition of the Conference on NTDs by AME has been tentatively scheduled from 14-16 November in Nairobi, Kenya, as a hybrid meeting. 4. Highlights of Leprosy Research Initiative (LRI) Spring Meeting is an online event that will showcase selected project progress presentations from the in-person LRI Spring meeting and a special session on LRI research impact- Webinar May 30, 2024; 14:00-16:30 CEST 🖱 You can find the links to register in the newsletter The link to the newsletter can be found in the comments. If you are interested to receive the Newsletter, make sure to subscribe on our InfoNTD website! Please let us know in the comments if there is any information you would like to see in future Newsletter editions. #behaviourchange #WASH #beatNTDs #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #healtheconomics #catastrophichealthspending #climatechange #decolonizationofglobalhealth
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