Location: Patna, India
Type of event: Community education
Description: We are planning the following activities to impact the further spread of NTDs : 1. Community training programme on the eve of World NTD Day focusing on the prevention of NTD. The intended participants will be community leaders from different slums of Patna. The objective is to sensitize the community influencers and create pressure on the concerned government department.
2. A run for NTD prevention on the occasion of World NTD Day– the intended participants will be school children, ULB officials, Volunteers, elected representative and citizens. The objective is to raise awareness and demand increased preventive services and treatment for NTDs.