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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

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Pioneers in generating new research evidence from existing data since 2009 - putting equity for global researchers at the forefront.

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WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) @wwarnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
7 days of primaquine treatment for #vivaxmalaria are as effective as the currently recommended 14-days, with more patients completing the shorter treatment. This ICMR NIMR study included @menziesresearch.bsky.social + other partners. More on 👇 www.iddo.org/news/seven-d.... Photo credit: world bank
A crowd walks under a bridge in India. The women in the crowd are dressed in saris.
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 Attention Researchers - need to make map showing data over time and location? But fed up having to waste time standardising basic data? IDDO Statistician Rhys Peploe has created a tool that could save you lots of time… Introducing worlddatr youtu.be/hRnpNTKzwwY #visualisations
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? Use the data we host, for free, to further research in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs 👉 www.iddo.org/data-sharing
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery
UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge.
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Do you work in infectious diseases such as #malaria #FebrileIllness #VL #ChagasDisease or interested in #MedicineQuality ? View IDDO’s free tools to support your research www.iddo.org/tools-resear... BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join the special webinar tomorrow to celebrate the life, work & scientific legacy of the late Professor Sir Nick White. Colleagues and collaborators will reflect on his contributions to malaria, infectious diseases & global health, & look to the future. 🔗 www.rstmh.org/events/memor...
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Advancing equity through community-led, globally connected infectious disease research www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Advancing equity through community-led, globally connected infectious disease research - Nature Microbiology
Platforms for community-led but globally connected knowledge and resource sharing can move us towards more equitable and more effective research and solutions for infectious diseases.
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? Use the data we host, for free, to further research in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs 👉 www.iddo.org/data-sharing
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Use of procalcitonin point-of-care testing to guide de-escalation of antibiotic therapy in adults with suspected bacterial sepsis in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled open-label trial www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Use of procalcitonin point-of-care testing to guide de-escalation of antibiotic therapy in adults with suspected bacterial sepsis in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled open-label trial
In this single-centre trial in Bangladesh, procalcitonin-guided de-escalation reduced the duration of antibiotic therapy in adults with suspected bacterial sepsis. Mortality and recurrent infection…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Do you work in infectious diseases such as #malaria #FebrileIllness #VL #ChagasDisease or interested in #MedicineQuality ? View IDDO’s free tools to support your research www.iddo.org/tools-resear... #BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Data retrieval and harmonisation for #IPD meta-analysis in the context of a #NTD - challenges and lessons from the #IDDO #VisceralLeishmaniasis data platform bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Learn more about our work to strengthen research through equitable data use and accelerate better treatment and control of #NTDs Sign up for our newsletter here bit.ly/3Exj2XZ #BeatNTDs #malaria #ScrubTyphus #ChagasDisease #VL
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? Use the data we host, for free, to further research in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs 👉 www.iddo.org/data-sharing
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join Dr Aninda Moitry for her lightning talk ‘Causal effects of first-trimester #antimalarial use on spontaneous pregnancy loss: a target trial emulation using pregnancy registry data’ Sep 2, 8.45am #ISPE Annual Meeting #Italy More 👉 ispe2026.eventscribe.net
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do you work in infectious diseases such as #malaria #FebrileIllness #VL #ChagasDisease or interested in #MedicineQuality ? View IDDO’s free tools to support your research www.iddo.org/tools-resear... BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📢 What happens when historical clinical trial data are lost? Our researchers share lessons from developing IDDO’s #VisceralLeishmaniasis data platform - including the challenges of retrieving, curating and harmonising data for #reuse. 🔗 www.iddo.org/news/new-idd... #DataSharing #NTDs
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Learn more about our work to strengthen research through equitable data use and accelerate better treatment and control of #NTDs Sign up for our newsletter here bit.ly/3Exj2XZ #BeatNTDs #malaria #ScrubTyphus #ChagasDisease #VL
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? Use the data we host, for free, to further research in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs 👉 www.iddo.org/data-sharing
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Do you work in infectious diseases such as #malaria #FebrileIllness #VL #ChagasDisease or interested in #MedicineQuality ? View IDDO’s free tools to support your research www.iddo.org/tools-resear... BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📢 New perspective paper What happens when historical clinical trial data are lost? Our researchers share lessons from developing IDDO’s #VisceralLeishmaniasis data platform - including the challenges of retrieving, curating & harmonising data for #reuse. 🔗 www.iddo.org/news/new-idd... #NTDs
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Consensus framework for developing a target product profile of real-time PCR in Chagas disease therapeutic monitoring journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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Consensus framework for developing a target product profile of real-time PCR in Chagas disease therapeutic monitoring
Chagas disease remains a neglected global health problem with major diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Progression from acute to chronic infection may lead to cardiac or digestive complications…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🗺️ Fed up cleaning location data before you can map it? IDDO Statistician Rhys Peploe developed mapping tool worlddatr to standardise location data automatically - so you can spend less time cleaning data and more time analysing it youtu.be/hRnpNTKzwwY #BeatNTDs #visualisations #ToolsForResearchers
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? Use the data we host, for free, to further research in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs 👉 www.iddo.org/data-sharing #BeatNTDs
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
💊 Choosing the right device to detect substandard and falsified medicines isn't easy. DAFODIL helps regulators compare diagnostic devices side by side, making it easier to identify the best option for their needs. 👉 www.iddo.org/mq/science/d... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Assessing Health-Related Quality of life and socioeconomic impacts in low-endemic schistosomiasis: A study from Rural China journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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Assessing Health-Related Quality of life and socioeconomic impacts in low-endemic schistosomiasis: A study from Rural China
Author summary In areas where schistosomiasis is nearly eliminated (“low-endemic”), the long-term health and socioeconomic impacts on patients with chronic complications like Advanced Schistosomiasis…
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WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) @wwarnnews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🦟 What new research questions could you answer with harmonised individual patient data? The #malaria datasets we host combine tens of thousands of participant records, helping researchers generate new insights from existing data. www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin... #DataReuse #DataForGood
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Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) @dndi.org · 31/07/2026
🌍 We’re #hiring! We are seeking an Executive Director to lead DNDi through our next phase of impact, innovation, & sustainable growth. 📌 Based in Geneva, Switzerland ✅ Full-time position – 100% 📆 Deadline: 15 September 2026 👉 Find out more and apply here: careers-dndi.icims.com/jobs/1246/ex...
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Learn more about our work to strengthen research through equitable data use and accelerate better treatment and control of #NTDs Sign up for our newsletter here bit.ly/3Exj2XZ #BeatNTDs #COVID19 #malaria #ScrubTyphus #ChagasDisease
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Do you work in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? Explore our free tools & resources to support your research www.iddo.org/tools-and-re... #BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Assessing the sustainability of Rwanda’s mass drug administration program for #schistosomiasis and #STHs: A mixed-methods application of the program sustainability assessment tool journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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Assessing the sustainability of Rwanda’s mass drug administration program for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: A mixed-methods application of the program sustainability assessment tool
Author summary This study evaluated the sustainability of Rwanda’s mass drug administration (MDA) program for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Using interviews and a standardized…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
🎙️ The Pan-African Pulse – Episode 2 What does it take to build resilient health systems during conflict? In this episode Dhruv & Kelechi explore the role of local innovation, AI & community-led partnerships in strengthening health across Africa 🎧 now thepanafricanpulse.riverside.com/e/armed-conf...
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Armed conflicts and global health - 2
Continuing our discussion with Alaa and Nelson on armed conflict and global health, we explore what it truly takes to build resilient health systems in some of the Africa's most challenging…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Use the free to download case report form for #vl or #VisceralLeishmaniasis #HIV coinfection to collect data in a standardised format to accelerate research and #BeatNTDs #kala_azar 👉 www.iddo.org/vl/crf
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe is a free online tool mapping reports of #SubstandardMedicines and #FalsifiedMedicines from around the world View 👉 www.iddo.org/medicine-qua... @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @moru-mip.bsky.social
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Are you researching #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/data-sharing #BeatNTDs
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Analysis of the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with #Plasmodium #vivax #malaria in Ethiopia: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Analysis of the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis - Malaria Journal
Background The 8-aminoquinoline antimalarials are used to prevent P. vivax relapses. Recent evidence suggests high total dose primaquine (7 mg/kg) provides optimal efficacy, however, many countries,…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Calling all researchers working in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? You can use our free tools, resources to support your work www.iddo.org/tools-and-re... #BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The WHO #Noma Disease Summary, part of the WHO road map for #NTDs has been published It supports integrated approaches to prevention, control & care helping countries & partners work towards global targets to reduce the disease burden iris.who.int/handle/10665...
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Ending the neglect to attain the sustainable development goals: noma control: technical brief
This technical brief provides an evidence-based overview of noma to support implementation of the WHO road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030 following the disease’s inclusion in the WHO…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🌍 A landmark moment for #NTDs. The UN Human Rights Council has adopted its first-ever resolution recognising the links between human rights & neglected tropical diseases. Led by #Malawi & #African States, it affirms ending NTDs is both a public health & human rights imperative
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨The @WHO.int have issued a new medical product alert for #FalsifiedMedicine Darzalex used to treat rare blood disorders & cancers. Detected in Maldives & Mexico. 👉https://www.who.int/news/item/03-07-2026-medical-product-alert-n-3-2026--falsified-darzalex-(daratumumab) #Fakemeds #medswecantrust
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Accelerating vaccine research and development for skin neglected tropical diseases: A case for leishmaniasis, leprosy, and Buruli ulcer journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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Accelerating vaccine research and development for skin neglected tropical diseases: A case for leishmaniasis, leprosy, and Buruli ulcer
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), particularly those with prominent cutaneous manifestations such as leishmaniasis, leprosy, and Buruli ulcer, represent a substantial global health burden,…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Are you researching #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/data-sharing #BeatNTDs
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Are you a medicines regulator? Explore DAFODIL - a digital dashboard to compare devices that detect #SubstandardMedicines and #FalsifiedMedicines and find the right option for your needs 👉 www.iddo.org/mq/science/d... @ndm.ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Use the free to download case report form for #Chagas disease to collect data in a standardised format to accelerate research and #BeatNTDs www.iddo.org/chagas/resea...
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: Analysis of the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Analysis of the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis - Malaria Journal
Background The 8-aminoquinoline antimalarials are used to prevent P. vivax relapses. Recent evidence suggests high total dose primaquine (7 mg/kg) provides optimal efficacy, however, many countries,…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Calling all researchers working in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? You can use our free tools, resources to support your work www.iddo.org/tools-and-re... #BeatNTDs #Data4Good
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A new study has identified clinical research gaps in #NTDs & highlighted where greater research investment is needed to support @WHO 2030 NTD elimination goals #BeatNTDs www.iddo.org/news/new-ana...
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#ScienceReadForSunday: From invisibility to political power: Policy lessons from a decade of Brazil’s Social Forum for Infectious and Neglected Diseases journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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From invisibility to political power: Policy lessons from a decade of Brazil’s Social Forum for Infectious and Neglected Diseases
Author summary Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) mainly affect people living in poverty, who are often discriminated against and far from decision-making spaces. Technical solutions (drugs,…
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Learn more about our work to strengthen research through equitable data use and accelerate better treatment and control of #NTDs #malaria #EmergingInfections Sign up for our newsletter here bit.ly/3Exj2XZ #BeatNTDs #malaria #ScrubTyphus #ChagasDisease #VL #AMR
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Are you researching #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections #malaria #AMR or #NTDs? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/data-sharing #BeatNTDs
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Do you work with patients with #vl #VisceralLeishmaniasis #HIV coinfection ? Use the free to download case report form which has been designed by the VL research community to advance treatment of the disease 👉 www.iddo.org/vl/crf
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