News & Blogs

Blog
15 August 2014
Podcast: Mapping NTDs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
From 4-8 August we conducted our short course on Modern Tools for NTD Control Programmes at the Ethiopia Public Health Institute i

Blog
26 July 2014
Memories from Argentina course
Salta, Argentina, was home to the first Spanish version of our short course on modern tools for NTD control programmes. Julio César Minutti, a...

News
23 June 2014
67th WHA NTD side event
The 67th World Health Assembly took place from 19-24 May 2014 in Geneva with a side event on NTDs.

News
10 June 2014
ISNTD Water conference
ISNTD Water 2014 will bring together stakeholders involved in the development of safe water, sanitation infrastructure and hygiene programmes for...

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10 June 2014
New paper finds treatment levels and frequency need to be higher to cut STH transmission
A paper published today in Parasites & Vectors found that treatment levels and frequency must be much higher if STH transmission is to be...

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20 May 2014
RSTMH Biennial Meeting
The next RSTMH Biennial Meeting will take place in Oxford Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September 2014.

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16 May 2014
Join the NTD discussion at the World Health Assembly on 22 May
UKCNTD and the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria will host a special session on the control and elimination of NTDs at the World Health Assembly...

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30 April 2014
IX SEMTSI Meeting
The IX Meeting of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health will take place on 13 June 2013 in the National Centre of...

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11 April 2014
Uniting to Combat NTDs progress report and Lancet editorial
The April 2014 London Declaration meeting in Paris included the release of Uniting to Combat NTD's 2013 progress report.

Blog
8 April 2014
Mapping water and sanitation across Africa
New sub-national water and sanitation maps reveal the deprived populations hidden within national statistics.
News
2 April 2014
New GAHI website
The Global Atlas of Helminth Infections re-launches website with new look, features and maps.

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14 March 2014
World Water Day 2014
World Water Day 2014 and NTDs: 2.5 billion people around the world currently lack access to WASH, leading to increased risk of NTD infection.

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4 March 2014
Opening up data to accelerate NTD research and development
Data from NTD R&D study made publicly available on DNDi website, writes lead author in The Lancet Global Health blog.

News
25 February 2014
Nigeria launches Africa’s first malaria and lymphatic filariasis elimination co-implementation plan
The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health launched an elimination co-implementation plan for malaria and lymphatic filariasis. This combined nationwide...

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12 February 2014
Launch: WASH and NTDs Manual for WASH Implementers
A manual for WASH implementers has been developed to address the need for integration of WASH factors with control of NTDs.

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5 February 2014
Malaria Consortium’s 10th anniversary symposium
The Malaria Consortium will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a symposium on Tuesday 25th February 2014 in London.

Blog
3 February 2014
Learning to map NTDs during course in Abuja
A participant of our short course in Abuja recounts his experience learning about mapping neglected tropical diseases.
News
28 January 2014
Results of health and literacy intervention published in PLoS Med
School-based intermittent screening and treatment programmes for malaria may be unsuccessful in low to moderate transmission areas, according to the...

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21 January 2014
New estimates of global STH infection burden published in Parasites & Vectors
A new paper from the GAHI team published in Parasites & Vectors explains global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil-transmitted...

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9 January 2014
NTDs: disease control is about much more than drugs
The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network published an article today about the need to focus on other aspects of NTD control besides...

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28 November 2013
New STH and schistosomiasis maps for Philippines and 16 African countries
New maps are available for 16 African countries and the Philippines showing survey data for soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis. New...

Blog
19 November 2013
Developing a framework for Integrated Vector Control
Jorge Cano Ortega is a member of the GAHI team working primarily on the mapping of lymphatic filariasis in Africa and Asia. He presented his research...

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31 October 2013
Japanese pharma starts drug donations for lymphatic filariasis
Japanese pharma giant Eisai has begun its free supply of medicine to help eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

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7 October 2013
Uganda launches national NTD elimination plan
Last Friday 5 October Uganda launched its national NTD control and elimination plan. The launch took place in Entebbe and was attended by Uganda's...