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Building the Future of NTDs Together: Towards Equity through the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases
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| Welcome - Alan Fenwick UK Coalition (SCI)
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| Panel 1 Reflection and further information on developments highlighted in morning session (short presentations or statements with Q and A) Chair - Regina Rabinovich BMGF
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| Panel 2 Session: Question: What is needed to ensure sustained investment in control and elimination of NTDs? Chair - Prof. David Mabey LSHTM
| 45 |
| Tea Break | 15 |
| Panel 3 Question: How can we better harmonize our effort to achieve effective control and elimination of NTDs? Chair - Don Bundy World Bank
| 45 |
| Perspective from Endemic Countries A speaker from an endemic country Minister of Health
| 10 |
| Closing remarks including further endorsement of London Declaration Caroline Harper UK Coalition (Sightsavers)
| 15 |
| Reception opening and interactive poster session Regina Rabinovich BMGF
| 60 |
Friday, January 27, 2012
Agenda
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Building the Future of NTDs Together: Towards Equity through the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases | |
Welcome - Alan Fenwick UK Coalition (SCI) | 5 |
Panel 1 Reflection and further information on developments highlighted in morning session (short presentations or statements with Q and A) Chair - Regina Rabinovich BMGF · WHO NTD Road map Lorenzo Savioli WHO · Supporting NTD elimination and control Caroline Anstey World Bank · Pharmaceutical Industry Andy Wright GSK · DFID Chris Whitty DFID | 45 |
Panel 2 Session: Question: What is needed to ensure sustained investment in control and elimination of NTDs? Chair - Prof. David Mabey LSHTM · Endemic Country Blandina Nyoni Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Tanzania · Donor Sean Carney Childrens Investment Fund Foundation · Pharma Jutta Reinhard-Rupp Merck Serono · An NGO Lesley Drake Partnership for Child Development · Research Institute Roy Anderson London Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases/Imperial College · Advocacy Organisation Neeraj Mistry Global Network for NTDs | 45 |
Tea Break | 15 |
Panel 3 Question: How can we better harmonize our effort to achieve effective control and elimination of NTDs? Chair - Don Bundy World Bank · Endemic Country A.F. M Ruhal Haque Minster of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh · Donor Ariel Pablos Mendez USAID · Pharma Ken Gustavsen Merck · NGO Frank Richards Carter Center · A research institution Janet Hemingway Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · Advocacy Organisation Simon Bush NGDO NTD Network | 45 |
Perspective from Endemic Countries A speaker from an endemic country Minister of Health | 10 |
Closing remarks including further endorsement of London Declaration Caroline Harper UK Coalition (Sightsavers) | 15 |
Reception opening and interactive poster session Regina Rabinovich BMGF | 60 |
Monday, January 16, 2012
Lastest agenda for Achieving Equity through Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Launch of the UK Coalition against Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) is a founding member of the coalition together with Sightsavers, Carter Centre UK, Partnership for Childhood Development and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative.
The coalition is a partnership between UK organisations actively engaged in the implementation, capacity building and research of neglected tropical disease control at scale. The aims of the coalition are
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To raise awareness among UK, European, and international policymakers and the broader health community of NTDs as key barrier to the achievement of the MDGs and poverty alleviation
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To influence policy decisions to best support effective approaches for the long term sustainable control of NTDs
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To ensure that NTD control is included within national, regional and international health and development frameworks
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To create a strong collective identity within the UK on NTD control, supported by organizations’ delivery and supporting public health interventions to communities in extreme poverty
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To expand the numbers of organizations committed to supporting NTD control both within and outside the health sector
At the launch Professor David Molyneux made a presentation on “Poverty, health and development – neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the context of the Millennium Development Goals”. Several other key figures in the world of NTD control also made presentations to the meeting including Dr Paul Emerson (Carter Centre UK and Professor at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health), Professor Alan Fenwick (Schistosomiasis Control Initiative), Archana Patel (Sightsavers), Professor Claire Gilbert (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Dr Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development Coordinator, Imperial College School of Medicine) and Dr Lorenzo Savioli (World Health Organisation).
The meeting also had the opportunity to hear from Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, former Secretary of State for International Development, and to launch the Second Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Tropical Neglected Diseases on Neglected Tropical Diseases, which highlights the progress made to control the awful consequences of several tropical diseases which afflict millions in Africa and Asia.