The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene will partake in several online activities, including sharing a World NTD Day article collection based on research in our two journals, as well as films looking at leprosy, HAT and other NTDs, and blogs on progress towards elimination.
Sensibiliser et mobiliser la communauté ainsi que les leaders locaux sur les Maladies tropicales négligées et les mécanismes d’en faire face.
A news item about World NTD Day has been published on the European Lead Factory website. It will also be featured in our upcoming Newsletter and shared on our social media platforms.
JAGntd will distribute news in Japanese language through our network.
On World NTD Day, we plan to broadcast and cover 24 for health and NTD issue. Our 22 radio stations and TV station in Ethiopia and Africa news channel website is a media resource where people developing and using communication for social change can come together to share information and experiences.
Announcement of Awardees for the African Researchers’ Small Grants Program IIII. Organized by The African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ARNTD) with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and UK aid from the British people, through the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD).
On the occasion of first-ever World NTD Day, Public Health Update will develop and launch website and social media campaigns on Neglected Tropical Diseases among medical students, public health students and healthcare providers to raise awareness on NTDs. Our social media platforms will also display messages related to NTDs to raise awareness among our audiences.
In honor of the DRC’s Third Annual National Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Day and First Annual World NTD Day on January 30, the DRC Cabinet of the Ministry, national HAT elimination program, and partners are hosting national and provincial-level political celebrations to recognize progress made to date toward HAT elimination, raise awareness of the disease, and catalyze the necessary actions to achieve sustained elimination.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III will host a one day get-together meeting to increase awareness on NTDs in our country and within our research and public health community, organised by different groups working on NTDs at ISCIII.
For World NTD Day, Alliance Water Solutions will partner with Nebbi District leadership and RTI International to raise critical awareness about trachoma especially promoting facial cleanliness, use of safe and clean water, construction and use of pit latrines for human waste disposal. The day’s events will include a sensitization meeting of all leaders in the sub county and a local parade led by a community brass band displaying messages on trachoma prevention.