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International Conference on NTD Research in Africa | Rwanda 2025

The GSA, together with Unlimit Health, The END Fund, RBC, Ministry of Health Kenya, Health Campaigns Effectiveness coalition and UNICEF organised the Technical Symposium of the InCORNTDs conference in January 2025 in Rwanda, focusing on health systems integration for schistosomiasis and other NTDs.

First Preschool-Aged Child Receives Arpraziquantel for the Treatment of Schistosomiasis

Developed by the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium, arpraziquantel, which addresses a critical treatment gap for schistosomiasis, reaches the first preschoolaged child in Uganda.

The 17th International Symposium on Schistosomiasis - Brazil

The 17th International Symposium on Schistosomiasis, organized by Fiocruz, was held 10-13th November 2024 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

WHO | New guidance to accelerate elimination of schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis

The WHO has released a critical new guide to empower national programme managers and health teams in their efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) as public health problems.

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21 May 2025, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Art Exhibition | "A Seat at the Table": WHA Side Event for People-Centered Care

A Seat at the Table," a 2025 World Health Assembly side event amplifying the voices of those with lived experience of illness and champion a people-centered approach to healthcare.

The International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum, Geneva

4 June 2025 9:30 BST

EANASSO | FGS 2.0 - Malawi country context

Join EANASSO for the FGS 2.0 webinar, where looking at Malawi and the approach they have taken: “Current status of FGS implementation in Malawi”

4 June 2025, 9am EST / 2pm BST / 4pm EAT

ISNTD Connect | Precision mapping of human water contact and implications for WASH: Findings from the SchistoTrack cohort

SAVE THE DATE This webinar presents results from the large-scale community-based cohort, SchistoTrack, which was established along the shorelines of Lake Albert, the River Nile, and Lake Victoria in Uganda

July 30, 2025 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM

STI&HIV World Congress | FGS Workshop

Join the Ending the Neglect: The Importance of Female Genital Schistosomiasis for quality Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Workshop at the STI&HIV World Congress

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