An open-access virtual
#biobank
now connects researchers with institutions around the world 🌎🌍🌏 storing samples to speed up
#NTDdiagnostics
development.
➡️Register your samples on the
#DxConnect
Virtual Biobank & spread the word:
#DiagnosisForAll
Advances in
#digitalhealth
, coupled with community-based approaches, can help step up testing to contain outbreaks. Learn about our pilot project in South Africa🇿🇦 with
@ezintsha
, where we used
#rapidtests
& digital health tools for testing at taxi ranks🚐
🚨
#COVID19
#diagnostic
evaluation update🚨
26 antibody-detection RDTs have been selected for 1st round performance evaluation, alongside the 5 antigen-detection RDTs already announced. Results will be shared as soon as they are available.
Details here ➡️
We are excited to welcome Dr Ayoade (Yodi) Alakija (
@yodifiji
) as new Chair of our Board, alongside Soumya Swaminathan (
@doctorsoumya
) and Malebona Precious Matsoso as new Board members.
Read the press release:
@ACTAccelerator
📢 New call for partners:
We are seeking proposals from manufacturers of continuous glucose monitoring devices (CGMs) not commercialized in Kenya and South Africa for product evaluation and market introduction.
📆 Apply by 2 March 2023 at 23:59 CET. ⤵️
We are excited to welcome
@IfedayoTiffy
as our new Chief Transformation Officer! With a background in global health and infectious disease control, Dr Adetifa will be overseeing CEO responsibilities and driving diagnostic innovation for all.
🔗
Our Board Chair Dr Ayoade Alakija,
@yodifiji
, is speaking at Davos today. Follow
#WEF24
for updates on boosting sustainable financing for
#GlobalHealth
, responding to the
#AntimicrobialResistance
crisis and ensuring equitable access to lifesaving
#tests
, treatments, and vaccines.
Exciting news! Today we announced the launch of malaria-LAMP: the 1st molecular
#diagnostic
test to detect
#malaria
caused by P. vivax parasites, which can be used even in low-transmission settings. Developed by EIKEN with exclusive distribution by HUMAN.
Pleased to announce that we just signed a US$14.5 M grant with
@Unitaid
to evaluate next-generation sequencing for rapid diagnosis of DR-TB (Seq&Treat) in resource-limited settings. Read our press release:
#DiagnosisMatters
Warm congratulations to Prof. Joseph Ndung'u, Head of Neglected Tropical Diseases at FIND &
@DiscoverJKUAT
University Chancellor, on receiving the
@_AfricanUnion
's prestigious Excellence Award 2019 in recognition of his work on new
#diagnostics
tools.
📢Hot off the press! The
@StopTB
Partnership's New Diagnostics Working Group and
@WHO
launched a framework today for the evaluation of new tests for
#tuberculosis
infection:
THREAD: As deadly
#mpox
virus (MPXV) outbreak emerges, children are increasingly at risk due to a lack of diagnostic testing capacity. Recent findings reveal that transmission routes are expanding.
🚨 With
@gavi
,
@WHO
,
@UNICEF
& other partners, we're launching a global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests for
#cholera
. With over 1.2 million tests set to be distributed to countries around the world, starting today with Malawi & Nepal.
Press release:
"If we are not able to detect
#COVID19
, we will not be able to treat it either. (...) We must act now and
#ActTogether
to end the Covid-19 emergency for everyone, everywhere."-
@DrTedros
at today's
@ACTAccelerator
Facilitation Council.
🔴LIVE NOW:
"UHC is our top priority and we need to get a billion more people on UHC in the next 5 years"
@doctorsoumya
, Chief Scientist
@WHO
#keynote
address. Diagnostics are useful for clinical management, surveillance & monitoring. They need to be accurate, affordable & accessible.
#WHA72
🚨NEW
#DIAGNOSTIC
RESOURCE:
#COVID19
interactive test tracker!
Our interactive map uses publicly available data to show the number of
#SARSCoV2
tests that have been performed in each country, and the number of positive cases.
Check it out➡️
Malaysia wishes to thank WHO for the report on the hosted partnerships.
Malaysia wishes to share with the Board that we have had a very outstanding partnership between the Drugs for Neglected
Diseases Initiative (DNDi), the Foundation for Innovative New
Diagnostics (FIND).
📣🆕 We announced today that Dr Bill Rodriguez will join FIND on 1 July as our new CEO.
Tomorrow Bill will be among the speakers at our high-level forum for diagnostic testing where we will launch our 2021 strategy.
👉
#DiagnosisForAll
#TransformingTesting
Highlights from 2021 for
#diagnostics
and neglected tropical diseases⤵️
1. A rapid test for
#schistosomiasis
is closer to becoming a reality: a prototype has shown good results during field testing in Kenya🇰🇪 & the Philippines🇵🇭.
📽️
@mologic
@KEMRI_Kenya
Antibody tests for
#COVID19
are in high demand but accuracies vary and many manufacturers’ claims do not match actual performance.
Get data from our independent evaluations w/
@WHO
&
@Hopitaux_unige
and from other institutions:
Making self-testing for
#hepatitis
C a reality: learn about HEAD-Start, a
@Unitaid
-funded project aimed at improving diagnosis of
#HCV
by making it more affordable & available to those in need, with a focus on serving people co-infected with
#HIV
.
We would like to welcome our new Director of Pandemic Threats,
@agogo_immanuel
! Dr. Agogo holds over 20 years of experience in
#internationaldevelopment
and
#publichealth
, with expertise in primary health care, health systems strengthening,
#HIV
,
#TB
, and global health security.
New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to control & eliminate 20 neglected tropical diseases affecting +1 billion people 🌍 New paper from our Chief Medical Officer
@drsergiocarmona
and Senior Scientific Officer Sarah Nogaro➡️
@PLOSNTDs
@BoehmeCatharina
📢 We are launching our diagnostic network optimization (DNO) online course on 14 November.
Register for the course to learn about DNO concepts, analysis, data requirements, software solutions for conducting DNO & how to use the outputs to inform decision-making.
🚨
#DIAGNOSTIC
UPDATE🚨
Clinical data (sensitivity & specificity) & LOD for first
#SARSCoV2
molecular tests independently evaluated with
@Hopitaux_unige
now published on our website. Data from further evaluations (molecular & serological) coming soon!
"Let's improve diagnostic capacity as the (lack of) diagnostics has been the biggest problem for several neglected tropical diseases" - Dr Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela
@mwelentuli
, Director, NTD Department
@WHO
#NTDRoadmap2030
#BeatNTDs
📽️Genomic surveillance plays a crucial role in tracking the evolution of
#COVID19
. On this International Women’s Day, meet Dr Akanbi from the genomic sequencing team at
@NCDCgov
🇳🇬, one of the many women who carry out our mission across Africa🌍.
#IWD2022
Join us on Tuesday 18 May, 14:00 CET, as we explore how
#COVID19
has transformed
#testing
, implications for
#diagnostics
in health emergencies and universal health coverage, and how this has informed the FIND 2021 strategy.
Register➡️
GOT DATA? 🔢
Today we opened a call for performance data on commercially available
#diagnostics
for
#SARS_COV_2
. We will centralize & share on our website to help to inform procurement/implementation decisions.
📢Please share!
#COVID19
#globalgood
More➡️
The HEAD-Start project aims to simplify testing for
#hepatitisC
and make it more affordable. Find out about our collaborative work with
@FINDdx
& the Malaysian Ministry of Health
@KKMPutrajaya
@DGHisham
to scale up ‘test-and-treat’.
🎥
We're thrilled to have signed today a MOU w/
@ClinicalRsrchMY
to collaborate in the roll-out of a simplified HepC diagnostic testing strategy. This initiative is conducted w/ the MOH in Malaysia and forms part of HEAD-Start, a project supported by
@UNITAID
"Without diagnostics and laboratories, medicines are used inappropriately, antimicrobial resistance emerges, and outbreaks are discovered late. The WHO EDL is pivotal for cementing the rightful place of diagnostics in providing universal health coverage."
FIND and
@WHO
sign new
#MoU
to speed up innovation and access to diagnostics, supporting countries to implement the
#WHA
Resolution on
#diagnostics
- opening "new avenues to jointly work together, save lives and improve health” says
@DrTedros
Read the message for
#WorldTBDay
from our Director of TB
@Mruhwald
: "Together, we can make sure that everyone who needs a TB test can get one so that we can finally beat this disease. Invest to end TB; save lives."
🎂 SAVE THE DATE: Diagnostics Day, 24 May 2023
We are happy to invite you to share our 20th anniversary, and discuss the
#diagnostics
Resolution by Member States at the
#WHA76
.
Check out our full list of speakers:
Today is
#WorldNTDDay
!
Diagnostics play a key role in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (
#NTDs
), but more attention and investment are needed.
Let's join forces to
#BeatNTDs
and secure a healthy future for all!
#DiagnosisForAll
“Today, testing is the only effective tool for containing the pandemic to save lives and allow economies to reopen safely. Tomorrow, it will be needed to enable the success of global vaccination campaigns.”
@BoehmeCatharina
and
@PeterASands
explain:
👏We congratulate Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan on his appointment as Deputy Director General of Health for Research & Technical Support.
@radzi_dr
has been an incredible partner to us over the last 6 years supporting the scale-up of many diagnostic innovations in Malaysia.
Tahniah kpd Datuk Dr. Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan di atas lantikan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan (Penyelidikan & Sokongan Teknikal) & Datuk Dr Norhayati binti Rusli di atas lantikan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan (Kesihatan Awam). Alhamdulilah & Tahniah.
We are investing US$21 million to accelerate the development, manufacturing, & launch of affordable point-of-care molecular diagnostic platforms for
#COVID19
& other infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
Learn more:
Today
@FINDdx
&
@WHO
launched a training package for
#COVID19
antigen rapid diagnostic
#tests
. Materials are freely available for download and can be adapted based on national guidelines. Check out the collection of training resources and tools now:
📣Press release: Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality
#COVID19
rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries ➡️
@WHO
@GlobalFund
Congratulations👏to our amazing speakers and moderators for pulling off a smooth TB Dx symposium
@UnionConference
despite the technical glitches! Special shout-out to Morten Ruhwald, Head of TB
@FINDdx
for his "live" presentation.
#EndTB
#DiagnosisMatters
This
#IWD2021
join us in celebrating all women paving the way for better health! Our WE-END
#TB
project in India has empowered 1.2k women to support TB screening, diagnosis and treatment among 2.1 million people in rural Karnataka.
#TBREACH
#TBHaregaDeshJeetega
#EndTB
#MYRADA
PLOS ONE celebrates the launch of the
#AntimicrobialResistance
Channel | EveryONE: The PLOS ONE blog.
#Diagnostics
& surveillance, Stewardship, and Breaking down silos are the themes covered here.
Only 1% of healthcare clinics & 14% of hospitals in LMICs have even the most basic diagnostic capacity.
🎥 Learn about the role of diagnostic network optimization (DNO) in supporting strategic planning & investments to improve access to
#diagnostics
. ⤵️
‼️ After reports that the Bioeasy 2019-nCov Colloidal Gold Antigen Rapid Test procured by Spain has not shown acceptable accuracy, Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology informed us this product will be removed from market; we also removed from our pipeline (1/2)
Today is
#WorldChagasDay
- this year's theme is "Tackling Chagas disease: detect early & care for life"
Chagas is treatable when caught early, but if left undiagnosed, it can become life-threatening. That's why timely detection is essential.
#HealthForAll
#DiagnosisForAll
Researchers in Nigeria are trying out a new powerful
#diagnostic
test based on the gene-editing tool
#CRISPR
. The tool could help to diagnose illnesses such as
#LassaFever
early and rein in the spread of the infection.
@DhamariNaidoo
Models predict
#AIDS
,
#TB
and
#malaria
to kill many more in the coming months and years as a result of the
#COVID19
pandemic warns
@PaiMadhu
in his
@Forbes
article. A holistic approach is needed to avert this.
The
@ACTAccelerator
’s diagnostics pillar has procured over 65 million
#COVID19
tests for lower income countries, and aims at procuring 900 million tests by the end of the year. Read more about the progress so far & future aims to
#ACTogether
:
@GlobalFund
Congratulations to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (
@LSHTM
) for training and inspiring generations of practitioners and researchers. Improving health worldwide depends on great institutions delivering health innovation.
🎉 It’s our 120th anniversary today! 🎉
Since 1899, we’ve been training future
#publichealth
experts and conducting research to transform health around the world 🌍
Here are just five of our
#globalhealth
innovations that might surprise you! 👇
#LSHTM120
Immensely grateful to
@DFID_UK
for £23m of
#UKaid
to drive
#diagnostic
innovation & boost country testing capacity to support
#COVID19
response.
➡️Includes work with
@mologic
& others to accelerate manufacture & scale up of high-priority tests.
🎥Watch the highlights from the
@WHO
event on
#CervicalCancer
where advocates & experts came together to launch new initiatives to end this deadly disease that disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries.
@DrNonoSimelela
@IlonaKickbusch
Antibiotic resistance poses a huge global health risk. This evening, together with other
#GlobalAMRChallenge
signatories, we celebrate those seeking solutions to
#AMR
. Really looking forward to learning about progress made at this
#UNGA
side-event.
#DiagnosisMatters
Our Head of NTD, Joseph Ndung'u, was appointed as the New Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). We are proud to work with him since 2006. Congratulations Joseph!
@MathuNdungu
@DiscoverJKUAT
Today at
#GHS2022
conference, our Senior Director, Emerging Threats & Global Health Security,
@DanielBausch2
presented on “Ending neglected diseases & diseases of at-risk populations”. With Lady Roslyn Morauta
@GlobalFund
, Dr Sarthak Das
@APLMA_Malaria
, Prof David Heymann
@LSHTM
.
🔬 We have a new partnership with
@CEPIvaccines
for rapid diagnostic tests for Nipah virus and Lassa fever. We'll be leading a project to identify the most reliable tests, empowering healthcare workers to swiftly respond to outbreaks.
#DiagnosisForAll