On the first ever World NTD Day, learn about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) which threaten 1.6 billion people living in the poorest and most marginalized communities worldwide and join us for a panel discussion with global health practitioners from The Task Force for Global Health, The Carter Center and RTI International, discussing why they are passionate about eliminating NTDs and why would should be too!
Fondation Raoul Follereau plans to send a press release to the French press on the week of January 27th. We will also issue a press release on NTDs on Thursday 16 January at the press conference for the World Leprosy Day. That will take place at l’Académie française in Paris. We will also communicate about this day on social networks this month!
King George Medical University will be hosting a state-level symposium on NTDs in Lucknow, which is the largest state in India and has the highest burden of NTDs in India. Two major centers of the state along with the NTD division of the World Health Organisation are major partners of our symposium. There will be extensive discussion regarding different NTDs and extending support for training and research. We are proposing that scrub typhus and related rickettsial diseases be declared as NTDs for the SEARO region by scientific documentation support.
MENTOR will support a high level panel led by the MoH that will discuss NTD data and the Strategic Plan for NTD control and elimination in Angola.