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Global Network Featured as TwitCause of the week!

September 17th, 2010

By Jennifer Segal

TwitCause, a user handle on Twitter with over 500,000 followers features a new charitable cause every week, with the goal of spreading the word about a specific issue  and impacting their followers to do the same. TwitCause will be featuring the Global Network as the “TwitCause of the Week” next week, 9/20-9/24.

Thanks to a nomination by our Ambassador Alyssa Milano we will be able to reach hundreds of thousands of individuals and give them the opportunity to learn more Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs) and how they can help support and take action.

To find out more about the Global Network being featured on TwitCause, join our group page hosted by the Experience Project; sponsor of TwitCause.

MDGs taking over the BIG APPLE

September 14th, 2010

Much like our video featured on the CBS Superscreen in Times Square, the UN Foundation has a number of PSAs that are going to be released on the Toshiba screen in Times Square as a lead up to the highly anticipated Millennium Development Summit next week. This week on End the Neglect, we’ll feature the PSAs that will be looped in Times Square in recognition of next week’s summit. Today’s PSA urges everyone to do their part in ending poverty and disease – take a look! Also, don’t forget to check out our CBS Superscreen video looping in Time Square, over to the right.

 

 

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The Global Network Takes On New York City’s Times Square!

August 23rd, 2010

Happy Monday readers!

We have some exciting news to share with you! The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases was given the exciting opportunity to showcase a short video on the CBS Super Screen in bustling New York City’s Times Square. The video will run for 15 seconds of every hour, 18 hours a day for 60 days —receiving in excess of 1.5 million viewers daily!

Take a look at the video below (also embedded in the sidebar on the right) and join our Global Network Ambassador Alyssa Milano by texting “LIFE” to 30644 to learn more on how you can help End the Neglect.

P.S.  If you happen to be in New York, wandering through Times Square (particularly on 42nd St. between 7th and 8th Ave)  and see our video on the CBS Super Screen , take a photo, send it in and we’ll post it!

 

Calling all Global Health/Development Bloggers!

July 26th, 2010

 “End the Neglect,” the official blog for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is looking for blog contributions from professionals and students in the global health/development field.

The Global Network launched the “End the Neglect” blog to serve as a broad, transparent platform through which we as a community can continue to raise the profile of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and disseminate stories from the field. End the Neglect is a vital education resource that informs readers of the devastating impact of NTDs and the simple and cost-effective interventions available.

While “End the Neglect” specifically focuses on NTDs, we are also interested in highlighting bloggers with a broader global health perspective. Success stories, personal stories/testimonials from the field, photos, and video are all welcome!

We accept submissions on a rolling basis. If you are interested in blogging for us, please send a writing sample of no more than 500 words and a brief background of your work/educational experience to Anjana.padmanabhan@sabin.org.

Our blog post submission guidelines are as follows:

  • Keep length of posts between 200-500 words
  • Include links to sites or articles that supplement your topic
  • When quoting other blogs or publications in your post, please link to the original material if possible, and denote quoted material using quotation marks.
  • Submit a brief biography (2-3 lines) and a photo for inclusion with your post.
  • We appreciate suggestions for images to accompany posts. If you have photos available for publication, please submit them along with your post and include caption information and attribution information.
  • If you don’t have images available, we will add one from our own photo stocks or from publicly available resources including Flickr or the CDC’s Public Health Image Library
  • We encourage you to email your post to colleagues and friends to encourage comment and discussion
  • Publication of posts is at the discretion of the Global Network, based on relevance of the subject matter as related to neglected tropical diseases and other global health issues.

Please review the guidelines for submissions below, and contact Anjana.Padmanabhan@sabin.org for more information. Please also visit us on Twitter and Facebook