15 Feb 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!
14 Feb 2019 Kenya's Breaking Transmission Strategy Kenya's Breaking Transmission Strategy for soil-transmitted hellinths, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis and trachoma.
13 Feb 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 Feb 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
31 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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"
