Location: Washington, D.C.
Type of activity: Community education
Description: Host a Twitter chat to:
• Raise awareness about NTDs
• Mark the occasion of the first World NTD Day—January 30, 2020
• Discuss a variety of NTD-related topics and issues
• Connect with other World NTD Day participants in our countries and around the globe.
For more information: https://twitter.com/ActNTDsWest
In Dakar, Senegal, not-for-profit organization Speak Up Africa joins the Youssou Ndour Foundation, Social Change Factory and the Civil Society says No to NTD Network, to host a video screening and panel discussion to raise awareness on NTDs and engage Senegalese youth in the fight to eliminate these diseases.
We elected to promote the day on all social media platforms that we are listed on and we encountered numerous likes and comments.
Community Awareness meeting for World NTD Day