Leprosy Mailing List Blog: Fw: Ref.: (LML) New Publications On Cross-Cutting Issues In NTDs. December, 2024.

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Ref.: (LML) New Publications On Cross-Cutting Issues In NTDs. December, 2024.

From: Roos Geutjes and Upasana Regmi, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our final newsletter of the year!

The WHO Roadmap 2021-2030 highlights the importance of Youth engagement, emphasizing their "energy", "innovative solutions" and "social connectedness" amongst other qualities that are pivotal in the fight against NTDs. In this newsletter, we are excited to spotlight the International network of NTD Youth Initiatives. This network is continuously expanding with the goal of addressing the critical challenge of NTDs not individually, but on a global scale. To showcase the diverse youth-led efforts across continents and their unique focus areas, a YouTube video has been created and is accessible below.

As we close out 2024, we want to express our gratitude for your support and engagement throughout the year. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year.

Enjoy this month's edition!

Warm regards,

Roos Geutjes and Upasana Regmi

www.InfoNTD.org
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Practical materials

Assessing schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases control programmes: Monitoring and evaluation framework
World Health Organization, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases . 2024. [guideline]

Academic Program Reflection Tool (APRT)
International rehabilitation education and training toolkit . n.d. [tool]

Clinical Skills Training Tool
International rehabilitation education and training toolkit . n.d. [tool]

Rehabilitation Advocacy Tool
International rehabilitation education and training toolkit . n.d. [tool]

WHO launches new clinical trials guidance – What do I need to know?
The Global Health Network . 2024. [webinar recording]

A Research & Development Blueprint for Neglected Tropical Diseases
The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) . 2024. [educational video]

USAID Watersecurity, sanitation and hygiene data & analytics (WSSH D&A) activity
USAID. 2024.

USAIDs Local Data Mapping Tool: WASH Atlas
USAID . n.d.

Using Demographic and Health Survey Data to Drive WASH Decisions
USAID . n.d.

MEAL DPro: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning for Development Professionals Guide
Humentum , Humanitarian Leadership Academy , Catholic Relief Services . 2024.

Gender Equitable AI Toolkit
NETHOPE . 2024. [toolkit]

Highlighted Publications

An R&D Blueprint for Neglected Tropical Diseases
World Health Organization. 2024.

Weekly epidemiological record: Global update on implementation of preventive chemotherapy against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in 2023 and status of donated medicines for NTDs in 2024
World Health Organization. 2024.

Innovative technologies to address neglected tropical diseases in African settings with persistent sociopolitical instability
Manyazewal T, Davey G, Hanlon C, et al. Nature Communications. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 2024; 15 (1) : 1-17.

The ADAPT Methodology: How to Learn from Neglected Tropical Disease Survey Failures
Act to End NTDs | East Program. 2024.

Strategies for more equitable engagement for African researchers
Gaye B, Gaye N, Singh G, et al. The Lancet Global Health. Elsevier BV. 2024; 13 (1) : e14-e15.

Paediatric research and development landscape for neglected tropical diseases: Report on the 1999-2022 period
World Health Organization, Global Accelerator for Paediatric formulations - GAP f. 2024.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the 5-Question Stigma Indicators in trachoma-affected communities, Ethiopia
Negash M, Tadesse Z, Ambaw F, et al. PLOS Mental Health. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2024; 1 (6) : 1-26.

Other new publications

Strategies towards ending the burden of neglected infectious diseases - Assessing the success of the Product Development Partnership model and its approaches
Katsuno K. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. University of London. 2024.

Qualitative study of the stigma associated with the lived experiences of Buruli ulcer disease among patients in Nigeria.
Azubuike P, Imo U, Ogbonna C. International health. 2024; 16 (6) : 602-609.

Factors Associated with the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Primary Healthcare Workers Regarding Neglected Tropical Diseases with Skin Manifestations in the Dakar Region, Senegal, 2022.
Fall L, Kourouma K, Diop A, et al. Tropical medicine and infectious disease. 2024; 9 (11) : 1-13.

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: progress report, 2023
World Health Organization, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2024.

Schistosomiasis transmission: A machine learning analysis reveals the importance of agrochemicals on snail abundance in Rwanda
Kagabo J, Tabo Z, Kalinda C, et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2024; 18 (12) : 1-15.

Individual vulnerability associated with people affected by leprosy in Pernambuco
dos Santos Silva AM, Almeida e Silva RM, Farias Gomes M, et al. Rev Enferm Digit Cuid Promoção Saúde. 2024.

Inovação na Dermatologia Tropical: identificação automática de lesões de leishmaniose cutânea utilizando inteligência artificial
de Carvalho Leal JF. Universidade de Brasília. 2024.

Access barriers and facilitators to implement mass drugs administration strategies for eliminating trachoma and geohelminthiasis in the department of Amazonas, Colombia
Trujillo-Trujillo J, Zamora SM, Bernal Lizarazu MC, et al. PLOS ONE. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2024; 19 (12) : 1-23.

Using community-based participatory approaches to improve access to mass drug administration for trachoma elimination in a pastoral conflict area of Kenya
Gichuki PM, Kimani BW, Kanyui T, et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2024; 18 (11) : 1-15.

Perceived impact of youth empower initiatives on mental health and well-being: insights from the selected rehabilitation center in Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Abel J, Kalumanga V. European Journal of Research and Reflection in Educational Sciences. 2024.

Cost-effectiveness of vector control for supplementing mass drug administration for eliminating lymphatic filariasis in India
Shepard DS, Lwin AK, Pulikkottil SI, et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2024; 18 (12) : 1-24.

A pathway for skin NTD diagnostic development
Marks M, Vedithi SC, van de Sande WWJ, et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2024; 18 (11) : 1-7.

Weekly epidemiological record: Progress in snakebite envenoming data reporting: challenges and opportunities
World Health Organization. 2024.

Natural Product-Based Treatment for Skin Infections
Sahoo M, Mahalik G, Mishra MP. Natural Products for Antibacterial Drug Development: Recent Advancement of Computational Approach. Springer Nature Singapore. 2024.

From Silos to Systems: Reimagining Zoonotic Neglected Tropical Disease Management through the Lens of One Health
Adiwinoto RP, Adnyana IMDM, Soedarsono S, et al. Svāsthya: Trends in General Medicine and Public Health. PT. Mega Science Indonesia. 2024; 1 (3) : 1-18.

Validation of innovative digital microscopes for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis and other helminthiases
Meulah Tcheubousou B. Universiteit Leiden. 2024.

It's personal: navigating research questions that stem from our lived experiences
Mehrabadi A, Austin N, Keyes KM, et al. International Journal of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press (OUP). 2024; 53 (6) : 1-5.

The 2024 small island developing states report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
Gordon-Strachan GM, Parker SY, Harewood HC, et al. The Lancet Global Health. Elsevier BV. 2024; 13 (1) : e146-e166.

Implementation of different Control Strategies for leprosy individuals considering Quality of Life (QoL) with associated Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
Mondal T, Ghosh S, Mukherjee S, et al. Nonlinear Science. Elsevier BV. 2024.

Predictors of Acceptance and Barriers to the Uptake of Mass Drug Administration Program for Eliminating Trachoma in Taura District, Jigawa State Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Study
Idris A, Ibrahim UF, Habib SG, et al. Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). 2024.

Open Source Mycetoma (MycetOS): Discovery and Development of Antifungal Agents Against the Neglected Mycotic Disease
Melechov D. University College London. 2024.

Global trends of schistosomiasis burden from 1990 to 2021 across 204 countries and territories: Findings from GBD 2021 Study
Li Q, Li Y, Guo Y, et al. Acta Tropica. Elsevier BV. 2024.

The issue of climate change and the spread of tropical diseases in Europe and Italy: vector biology, disease transmission, genome-based monitoring and public health implications
Pavia G, Branda F, Ciccozzi A, et al. Infectious Diseases. Informa UK Limited. 2024.

An original strategy to promote Sleeping Sickness diagnostic participation in Guinea: How did the Football World Cup 2022 help to target the refractory young male population during an active screening Door-to-Door survey?
Gassama M, Camara O, Soumah A, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 2024.

Mortality from neglected tropical diseases in the state of Maranhão, Brazil: a guidance for health planning in vulnerable areas.
Oliveira R, Pimentel K, Almeida-de-Souza F, et al. Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia. 2024.

Prevalence and attributable health burdens of vector-borne parasitic infectious diseases of poverty, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Zhu Y, Sun Z, Zheng J, et al. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 2024; 13 (1) : 1-20.

YouTube Video on NTD Youth Initiatives across continents

The WHO Roadmap 2021-2030 stresses the importance of Youth engagement, emphasizing their "energy", "innovative solutions" and "social connectedness" amongst other qualities that are pivotal in the fight against NTDs.

Since the Roadmap was released, more and more NTD Youth Initiatives have formed globally. Youth Combating NTDs, a Youth-led initiative of Uniting to Combat NTDs and Future Africa Forum has already started its work in 2020 and is aiming to mainstream the activities of young people working on NTDs.
In the years that followed, further NTD Youth initiatives in both the global South and the global North have formed.

The German working group for NTDs (AG NTD) of the German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health (DTG) was founded in January 2024. In preparation for the Conference on Tropical Medicine and Global Health in Düsseldorf in September 2024 they collaborated with the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' NTD Youth Ambassador and the Japanese NTDs Youth Organization on a presentation on "Youth Initiatives of the Global North".

To highlight what NTD Youth Initiatives exist on different continents and what their focus is, a YouTube Video was made together with colleagues from Italy (Y-NTD Italy), Pakistan (Climate Action & NTDs [C.A.N 1.5°C]) and the UK (Brighton and Sussex Medical School):

NTD Youth Initiatives

News & Events

The Twelfth EDCTP Forum
15/06/2025 till 20/06/2025
Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
The theme for the 2025 Forum is "Better health through global research partnerships". Check the website for updates on opening and deadline of registration.

International CHW Symposium
10/11/2025 till 14/11/2025 Bangkok, Thailand
Hosted by Community Partners International, the ASEAN Institute for Health and Development and Khon Kaen University. The 4th International CHW Symposium, will build on previous editions in Uganda (2017), Bangladesh (2019) and Liberia (2023). The theme is "On the Front Lines: Empowering Community Health Workers to Create Equitable Health Systems in Contexts of Conflict, Migration and Exclusion." Check the website for updates on registration or register for their mailing list.

Climate Change, Malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases Webinar
Online; 30 january 2025; 12.30PM -1:30PM GMT
Taking place on World NTD Day, the webinar will focus on the new major scoping review published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which draws on extensive research spanning over a decade and lays a foundation for understanding how climate shifts are likely to influence disease dynamics. Check the website to register for the webinar.

International Conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Research
January 20-22, 2024; Kigali Convention Center, Kigali, Rwanda
This is the second edition of the InCORNTD and this meeting aims to bring together key stakeholders to address how to eliminate NTDs from the African region through operational and carefully focused research.

Tropical Infectious Diseases Gordon Research Conference
February 2-7, 2024; Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy.
The theme of the conference is "Basic and Clinical Research Strategies for Tackling Tropical Infectious Diseases in a Globalized World". Registration closes on January 5, 2025.

Save the date! Second global meeting on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs)
March 24-26, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) held its first global meeting on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs) on 27–31 March 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. This meeting has built the foundation and momentum for the second global meeting to be held on 24–26 March 2025. The event demonstrates the collective commitment of the global skin-NTD community to achieving a key objective of the NTD road map: integration.

Global Disability Summit 2025
April 2-3, 2025; Berlin, Germany
The International Disability Alliance (IDA), the Government of Germany, and the Government of Jordan will host the third Global Disability Summit (GDS). The Global Disability Summit aims to galvanize global efforts to realize disability inclusion around the world. Registration is open.

12th TEPHINET Scientific Conference and the Global Field Epidemiology Partnership Forum
June 2-5, 2025; Berlin, Germany
The theme of this event is "Enhancing Field Epidemiology through Collaborative Surveillance." This conference will give attendees an opportunity to engage with epidemiologists, laboratorians, data informaticians, and key partners from the global field epidemiology training program network and public health institutions. Registration is open.

Save the Date! European Congress for Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) 2025
September 29-October 2, 2025, Hamburg
ECTMIH 2025 is currently still in the planning stage. All information is expected to be available from January 2025 and registration will be possible from then on.

2025 GAELF Meeting Attendance Preference
January 24, 2025, Kigali (In-person or Virtual)
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis GALF is reaching out to gauge interest in the upcoming GAELF annual meeting. Your response will help to determine whether to offer a hybrid format or keep the meeting fully virtual. Registration is open.

Iberian Congress of African Studies
January 29-31, 2025; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
This is the twelfth edition of the Iberian Congress of African Studies. The theme is "African responses to the decolonial dilemma". Registration is open from October 3 2024 - January 31 2025.

Contracts and Intellectual Property Capacity Strengthening Workshop
February 25-27, 2025; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Applicants from LMIC institutions that are or recently have been funded by NIHR are invited to apply for support to attend NIHR's upcoming Contracts and Intellectual Property Capacity Strengthening Workshop.

Annual Meeting of National NTD Programma Managers
April 7-11, 2025; location unkown.
Theme for the annual meeting: "Innovating for acceleration: Pathways to NTD Elimination". Check the website for updates about the location.

Save the date! Conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024
May, 2025; Windhoek, Namibia
The 1st edition of the Conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases, organized by AME is tentatively scheduled in May 2025, as a hybrid meeting.

22nd International Leprosy Congress
July 5-9, 2025; Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Bali, Indonesia
This year the 22nd International Leprosy Congress will be held in Bali, Indonesia! The congress uphold the theme: "Towards a World with Zero Leprosy". Deadline for abstract submission is February 28, 2025.

Call for Action: Help the WHO to identify the R&D priorities for neglected tropical diseases
World Health Organization.

President Macron, WHO Director-General, and global health leaders inaugurate WHO Academy in Lyon
World Health Organization. 2024.

The WHO Academy heralds the dawn of a bold vision for global health
Ghebreyesus TA. The Telegraph. 2024.

Africa CDC Launches a Continental Blueprint to Combat Endemic and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. 2024.

The WHO Skin NTDs App shows encouraging results in Kenya study
World Health Organization. 2024.

Call for proposals: Research capacity strengthening grant
Leprosy Research Initiative. 2024.

Call for Proposals: RESILIENTD grant
Leprosy Research Initiative, (Foundation) Anesvad.

Call for proposals - Reaching the last mile: Addressing barriers to the implementation of the NTD interventions among Mobile and Migrant Populations
Task Force for Global Health. 2024.

Ghana becomes first river blindness-endemic country to approve moxidectin
‍Medicines Development for Global Health. 2024.

Kuwait Fund and WHO unite to combat neglected tropical diseases across Africa
Gulf News. 2024.

Partnership established to advance WHO's Road map for Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021-2030
Global Health Innovative Technology Fund . 2024.

Expanding treatment to children with schistosomiasis: community engagement campaign kicks off in the United Republic of Tanzania
World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) . 2024.

TDR launches leadership programme on implementation science
World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) . 2024.

Stakeholders lay groundwork for roll out of new paediatric treatment option for schistosomiasis in Ghana
United Nations Development Programme Ghana. 2024 .

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