unlimithealth.bsky.social
We work with affected countries, sharing evidence and expertise to end parasitic disease and to support people to live healthy lives, free from limiting disease.
👤 Joined on 19 November 2024
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@unlimithealth.bsky.socialSpread by parasitic worms that can infect via a splash of water, schistosomiasis causes debilitating symptoms. It hits kids hard. A board game teaches how to prevent it.
Show PostIn a modern-day echo of John Snow’s C19th cholera map, researchers at Oxford’s Big Data Institute equipped 452 Ugandan children and adults with wearable GPS loggers to study transmission of a waterborne parasitic disease – finding that even those with access to taps still visited open water sites.
Show PostThis year's C.A. Wright Medal and President's Medal were awarded to Prof Goylette Chami from the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk and Dr Tom Pennance @schistosoma.bsky.social from the Natural History Museum @nhm-london.bsky.social for their outstanding contributions in Schistosomiasis Epidemiology.
Show PostA real pleasure to play a small part in this new study from the Hoffmann lab which uses a genetically humanized mouse that better models human #metabolism to accelerate drug discovery for #schistosomiasis. Very cool! 🪱 🧪 #helminth www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Show PostIn @devex.com, @dannychambers.bsky.social outlines how to protect access to healthcare as climate shocks intensify and fiscal space narrows. We helped develop this contribution, bringing in expertise from @unlimithealth.bsky.social, @resultsuk.bsky.social and more. ⬇️ www.devex.com/news/rising-...
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