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Professor Fenwick receiving the Kyelem Prize. Image copright COR NTD

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

Scanning electron microscope image of a schistosome worm pair. Trustees of the Natural History Museum

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.

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15 November 2018

ISNTD Water

Improvement in water and sanitation provision can be the most important contribution towards better health by breaking transmission cycles, eradicating the breeding grounds for dangerous pathogens and providing the opportunity for overall economic and social development. ISNTD Water provides the multidisciplinary platform and network for the research, charity and business sectors to partner and collaborate to address diseases and conditions of poverty worldwide.

Natural History Museum, London

19 - 30 November 2018

WHO Training workshop for WHO staff in country offices

WHO is organizing a workshop on 'Managerial and Technical Aspects of NTD Programmes for WHO staff in country offices' from 19-30 November 2018.

WHO regional Office, Brazzaville, Congo

26 - 29 November 2018

WHO guidelines development group meeting on schistosomiasis and verification of elimination of transmission

The meeting will examine the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) evidence profiles or other assessment of the quality of evidence preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis and the tools for the verification of interruption of transmission.

WHO HQ Geneva

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