Lymphatic filariasis
Higherlife Foundation
Higherlife Foundation (HLF) will support the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) to conduct radio interviews with two major radio stations in Zimbabwe in both English and Shona.
Dengue and Chikungunya
University of Massachusetts Medical School
We have a special seminar on NTDs (Schistosomiasis) for the medical school community co-sponsored by the Program in Molecular Medicine and The Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research.
Lymphatic filariasis
Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Dutse
Radio Program: to be held live from 8.00 to 9.00 am at the famous “Barka da Hantsi” program to aired at Freedom Radio, Dutse.
Leishmaniasis
Philippine Leprosy Mission
We will raise public awareness on the importance of Skin Health in order to enhance control of leprosy and other Skin NTDs (ex. yaws, mycetoma, head lice, scabies, filariasis) in the Philippines. Infomercials (3 – 4 minutes@) in English and Filipino will be produced and repeatedly shown to the public in social media, in different venues and dates to share key messages (basic facts, treatment, prevention, stop stigma).
All NTDs
Jeunesse Secours
We offer two main activities for the celebration of this day: a. Media communication day on MTN 01/29/2020 which will consist of awareness raising programs on preventive measures against NTDs through a synergy of our 30 media already partners (2 hour interactive program with an expert on MTN to broadcast simultaneously on partner radios and televisions);
All NTDs
Gram Swarajya Samiti Ghoshi
We are planning the following activities to impact the further spread of NTDs : 1. Community training programme focusing on the eve of world NTD day for prevention of NTD. The intended participants will be community leaders from different slums of Patna. The objective is to sensitize the community influencer and creation of pressure group on concerned government department.
Lymphatic filariasis
Burkinabé Association for Community Action
On World NTD Day, our advocacy work will focus on a caravan to combat trachoma and lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Burkina. This caravan will travel through the city of Ouagadougou with posters containing images of trachomatous trichiasis that leads to blindness, posters containing images of scrotal elephantiasis, and athlete’s feet of lymphatic filariasis.
Lymphatic filariasis
FHI 360 and RTI International
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.
Leishmaniasis
Project Concern International
Social mobilization in 4 states, student’s photo-story exhibition on NTDs in 2 states, publication of article on NTDs, India’s first NTD tweetathon.
Leprosy
Gate Foundation Ghana
Panels members are the chiefs, Imams, people affected by leprosy and their family members, representatives of various 16 regions in Ghana and the media. We shall tackle the area where most people are abandoned because of leprosy and other NTDs.