surging ahead, SCH, NTDs
Update: Tackling schistosomiasis in the Yemen
More than 45.5 million doses of the drug praziquantel have been distributed across Yemen to tackle schistosomiasis
Stories written by Alix Grainger
67 World Health Assembly
67th World Health Assembly Neglected Tropical Diseases side event
Following the adoption of the WHA Resolution on NTDs, the Nigerian MoH hosted a side event on 22 May to highlight the importance of continued funding.
award
SCI Director honoured with Mike Fisher Memorial Award for 2014
Professor Alan Fenwick OBE, Director of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, has been honoured with the Mike Fisher Memorial Award for 2014.
lessons learnt
NTD Control in Burundi: Partnerships, Achievements, Challenges & Lessons Learned
A critical overview, after four years, of the treatment programme for SCH and STH delivered by the MoH with the assistance of the SCI.
WHO
WHO appoints new Director for the Department of Control of NTDs
Dr Lorenzo Savioli, is retiring at the end of April 2014. His successor has been named as Dr Dirk Engels.
Yemen schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis infection levels have dropped by more than half in the Yemen
The Yemen Schistosomiasis Control Project presented the impressive first results of an impact evaluation assessment of the programme so far.
Gates Foundation WHO
Global NTD community re-unite to discuss progress towards 2020 goals
The event will focus on how collaboration among diverse partners is delivering on the promises made in 2012
£1 a day for 5 days
Join us, Live Below The Line and help those living in extreme poverty
British households throw away around £56 of food per month. That translates to 112 treatments for schisto and STH! Horrified? Take part in LBL 2014
London Declaration on NTD
UK House of Lords calls for increased global support to tackle NTDs
On 6 Feb a special Neglected Tropical Diseases debate was held at the UK's House of Lord's to mark 2nd anniversary of the London Declaration on NTDs.
UK Coalition report
UK Coalition Against NTDs Launches 4th Annual NTD Report
The UK Coalition Against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) launched its 4th Annual Report to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and NTDs
