Location: Badalona, Spain
Type of event: Community education
Description: Conference on Treponema antibiotic resistance:
The report of macroli-resistance in yaws, a NTD diseases, in worrying. We will present the current scientific challenges to identify new treatment regimens for the best effect resistance management and to develop point-of-care diagnostic methods for detection of yaws resistant strains.
For more information: cureyaws.com
Sending out a press release and Social Media activity, to bring attention to NTDs
1. Radio discussion on NTD on 29th of january 2. On 30th of January a float on the principal streets in Agogo
GrowthAid will collaborate with other organizations to celebrate the day. An encounter with the media is planned for the day where we will highlight the importance of the day and emphasize the need for integrated planning for water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and NTDs. We also plan to distribute information materials on selected NTDs relevant to Ghana. By the end of the day, we hope that there will be greater awareness of the need for more investments to help speed up the elimination of NTDs.