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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 14

    WHO Situation Report on , & syndrome (14 July 2016)

    87 retweets 41 likes
  2. 21 hours ago

    Global eradication of is feasible by 2020

    93 retweets 146 likes
  3. 22 hours ago

    can be completely cured with a single-dose oral antibiotic

    134 retweets 154 likes
  4. Jul 15

    can now be cured with a single-dose oral antibiotic, instead of an injection

    130 retweets 130 likes
  5. Jul 15

    can now be diagnosed with a new rapid test

    84 retweets 68 likes
  6. Jul 15

    WHO re-started control programmes in 2007 to address resurgence of

    21 retweets 15 likes
  7. Jul 15

    In the late 1960s a global campaign using benzathine penicillin injection reduced 95% of global cases of

    52 retweets 23 likes
  8. Jul 15

    Most people affected by live in remote communities, with limited access to health care

    77 retweets 48 likes
  9. Jul 15

    Q: What is ? A: A chronic disfiguring and debilitating childhood infectious disease

    100 retweets 45 likes
  10. Jul 15

    is an infectious disease closely linked to poverty. It is eradicable, as humans are the only hosts

    88 retweets 38 likes
  11. Jul 15

    ’s elimination of adds momentum to global eradication of the disease

    Global eradication of yaws is feasible by 2020
    Yaws is an infectious disease closely linked to poverty. The good news? We have a cure that works, and we are working for a world free of yaws by 2020.
    585 retweets 551 likes
  12. Jul 14

    Urgent need to meet the huge medical supplies gap in & reduce shortage of basic & lifesaving medicines

    38 retweets 21 likes
  13. Jul 15

    WHO and partners are working to get essential health services to displaced people in

    25 retweets 16 likes
  14. Jul 15

    In , health workers have fled the crisis for safety. Medical supplies are in short supply & needs rising

    69 retweets 34 likes
  15. Jul 15

    The crisis in has caused deaths, high numbers of civilian injuries. Health services are disrupted

    75 retweets 33 likes
  16. Jul 15

    WHO steps up response to rising health needs of internally displaced people in

    186 retweets 165 likes
  17. Jul 15

    Here is the latest WHO situation report (15 July 2016)

    165 retweets 92 likes
  18. Jul 15

    Local radio in is one of t/ best ways to communicate messages to t/ people

    29 retweets 19 likes
  19. Jul 15

    Ensuring that people know about & understand the importance of vaccination is important

    55 retweets 46 likes
  20. Jul 15

    Investigating recent travel history of patients helps to find if cases are spreading locally or not

    30 retweets 31 likes
  21. Jul 15

    response: Vaccines are key. We need to keep the "cold chain" - storing vax between 2-8 degrees Celsius

    53 retweets 51 likes

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