Webinar: NTD Programs - Successes, Challenges and Future Perspectives

NTD Programs: Successes, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Free Webinar

January 22, 2025; 10:30 am Central Time; 5:30 pm Central European Time

This webinar will discuss neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs as we approach World NTD Day. It will highlight key achievements and challenges, with a particular focus on Schistosomiasis and Yaws, and explore future directions toward the control and eradication of NTDs. This webinar is a joint initiative of the German Society for Tropical Medicine (DTG), the Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH), and the Clinical Group of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).

Panelists:

Francesco A. Rio, MD, MPH, DTM&H; Lecturer, University of Milan, Milan, Italy and Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Presentation Title: NTD Programs: Achievements, challenges and the path toward control, elimination and eradication
Pauline N. Mwinzi, PhD; ASTMH Member and Board Member, Technical Officer, SCH/STH, Expanded Special Project for Elimination of NTDs (ESPEN), World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo; Presentation Title: A focus on Schistosomiasis in the Africa region: Successes and remaining challenges
Camila Gonzáles-Beiras, PhD, MSc; Postdoctoral Researcher, Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Presentation Title: From Policies to Practice: Field level perspectives on Yaws elimination

Chairs:

Hendrik Sy, MD; ASTMH Member, Clinical Group Student/Trainee Representative, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States and CIDEIM, Cali, Colombia
Miriam Müller, MD, MSc; DTG Member, Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sponsored by the ACCTMTH Clinical Student Leadership Group, the German Society for Tropical Medicine (DTG) and the Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH).