15 fév 2019 Schistosomiasis treatments on track to reaching 75% school aged children by 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) NTD department have released an update on the global status of schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy treatments reported in 2017. The news is good!
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.
15 fév 2019 Schistosomiasis treatments on track to reaching 75% school aged children by 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) NTD department have released an update on the global status of schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy treatments reported in 2017. The news is good!
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).
25 jan 2019 A blog post highlighting Male Genital Schistosomiasis Bugbitten Blog post: Time to highlight the importance of Male Genital Schistosomiasis in Malawi
31 déc 2018 New recommendations for POC-CCA thresholds for S.mansoni mapping, control and surveillance programmes. Translating WHO intervention thresholds based on Kato-katz to the more sensitive and easy to use POC CCA.
21 déc 2018 Season's Greetings letter from the GSA As the year draws to a close, we would like to share with you a selection of our highlights from 2018. We would like to thank all of you for your continued support and to wish you "Happy Holidays" and a joyous New Year!
14 déc 2018 Unprecedented treatment coverage for schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths The latest WHO data on treatment for schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and soil-transmitted helminthiases (intestinal worms) show encouraging trends towards the WHO NTD Roadmap goals.
10 déc 2018 The latest GSA meeting report is out! On the 28th of October the GSA hosted a research-focused meeting in New Orleans entitled: "The Schistosomiasis Action Plan: Next Generation Research on the Road towards Elimination"
09 nov 2018 Prof. Alan Fenwick awarded the Kyelem Prize at COR NTD 2018 Prof. Alan Fenwick was awarded the fourth annual Kyelem Prize on October 27, 2018 at the annual meeting of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD).
26 oct 2018 New funding for operational research announced at COR NTD Five-year grant supports a coalition of partners engaged in operational research
20 oct 2018 Bugbitten Blog: The sex lives of schistosomes; complexed mixing of genomes Dr Bonnie Webster describes how researchers isolated and analysed the first human-cattle schistosome hybrid in the latest Bugbitten blog. Read more here.
