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.
On World NTD Day, we will invite multiple actors from different sectors such as: health professionals who manage the program of vector-borne diseases (Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria and leishmaniasis) in the municipality, community leaders who work tirelessly for the well-being of their communities, professionals in the education sector, among others.
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.
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.
To celebrate World NTD day, IUETSPC-ULL is hosting a “NTD Education and Awareness Day”.
We will be sharing information, resources, and toolkits on NTDs and schistosomiasis through our social media platforms from the 23rd of January to World NTD Day on the 30th of January.
“Bilharziose day” is the theme of the event. It will be held in the remote area called Marolambo, far from the capital of Madagascar, with a high prevalence of schistosomiasis.
On the week of Jan 30th we will be participating in an educational webinar about Chagas disease, speaking to OBGYNs at a talk about screening, and hosting a screening event for Chagas with a partner NGO that works with the Central American immigrant community.
We will have a meeting in the hospital to talk about the projects in which we work on neglected diseases. One of our students will also talk about the training given in the university.
The Ministry Health Zambia joins the globe to mark the inaugural World NTDs Day on January 30, 2020 alongside various cooperating partners under the customised theme: ‘#beatNTDs for Good. Leaving No One Behind’ through heightened awareness and community engagement. Activities will range from conventional media discussions, school debates, social media campaign, identifying NTD fight Ambassadors and research findings dissemination. In addition, the Ministry will be screening, administering drugs and holding exhibitions. Traditional and Religious leaders will be engaged in a bid to ensure they understand impact of NTDs in the community.
