17 avr 2019 END Fund announced as a TED 2019 Audacious Project! The END Fund’s Audacious Project announced at TED 2019 aims to eliminate schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths as a public health problem in targeted countries in six years.
09 avr 2019 WHO launches global consultations 2030 NTD Roadmap Endemic countries, implementing partners, donors and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the proposed goals and milestones for the 2021-2030 Roadmap using an online form. REad more here.
02 avr 2019 WHO proposes Guideline Development Group (GDG) The goal of this GDG meeting will be to provide evidence-based recommendations to countries in their efforts to control morbidity from schistosomiasis and eventually interrupt transmission.
17 avr 2019 END Fund announced as a TED 2019 Audacious Project! The END Fund’s Audacious Project announced at TED 2019 aims to eliminate schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths as a public health problem in targeted countries in six years.
09 avr 2019 WHO launches global consultations 2030 NTD Roadmap Endemic countries, implementing partners, donors and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the proposed goals and milestones for the 2021-2030 Roadmap using an online form. REad more here.
02 avr 2019 WHO proposes Guideline Development Group (GDG) The goal of this GDG meeting will be to provide evidence-based recommendations to countries in their efforts to control morbidity from schistosomiasis and eventually interrupt transmission.
15 mar 2019 Over 2 million Nigerian children receive treatment against parasitic worms Over the past three months, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) has supported Nigeria to reach over 2 million children who have never had Schistosomiasis treatment before.
14 mar 2019 FIND launched new programme on schistosomiasis diagnostics The new FIND programme focuses on developing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for detection of circulating anodic antigen (CAA) in blood and/or urine, to support national control and/or elimination programmes in countries where schistosomiasis is regularly found.
11 mar 2019 A conversation with Wendy Harrison - How research can better connect with practice The London Center for NTD Research interviewed Dr Wendy Harrison, executive director of SCI and former chair of the NTD NGO network on the benefits of strenghtening the ties between NTD research and NTD implementation.
15 fév 2019 Countries are reaching more and more people in need of treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) NTD department have released an update on the global status of schistosomiasis treatments for 2017. The news is very encouraging!
13 fév 2019 RSTMH launched funding for early-career researchers in global health RSTMH 2019 small grants programme is now open. Deadline is 15 April at midnight GMT.
11 fév 2019 African leaders review progress on NTDs at AU summit African Heads of State view the NTD progress index card at the 32nd meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
31 jan 2019 WHO launches WASH & NTD toolkit The WHO launched the new step-by-step guide and practical toolkit to implement Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions for the sustainable control and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
28 jan 2019 Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Grant for NTD Data Innovation Incubator This Grand Challenge seeks innovative ideas for how to improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of routine NTD data and ensure programmatic decision-making is based on the best available data.
25 jan 2019 A blog post highlighting Male Genital Schistosomiasis Bugbitten Blog post: Time to highlight the importance of Male Genital Schistosomiasis in Malawi
