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GONE webinar: Burundi's efforts to defeat Onchocerciasis [1]
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Date: 2024-09-03
Burundi has successfully scaled up mass drug administration (MDA) against onchocerciasis, achieving therapeutic coverage of more than 80% since 2010. In 2021, an independent expert committee for the elimination of onchocerciasis has been created.
Join the webinar on 3 September and learn about ongoing elimination efforts while facing logistical challenges, how onchocerciasis is integrated into other health campaigns, and how the country is preparing for the results of previous evaluations (onchocerciasis elimination mapping) and the pre-Stop MDA survey.
Please register in advance for this webinar by clicking on this link.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about participating in the webinar.
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Agenda
Welcome and introductions
Dr Didier Bakajika, WHO/AFRO/ESPEN, Technical Officer for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis Country progress towards NTD 2030 Road Map targets for onchocerciasis in Togo: Progress, challenges and critical actions
Dr Victor Bucumi, Director of the NTD program, Minister of Public Health and the Fight against AIDS, Burundi Partners' perspectives: the role and contribution of partners in the efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis in Burundi
Johan Willems, Global NTD Program Manager, CBM
END Fund (TBC) Cross-border collaboration with neighboring countries
Dr Naomi Awaca Uvon, National Coordinator for Onchocerciasis, Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dr Ladislas Nshimiyimana, NTD Research Senior Officer, Ministry of Health/Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Dr Clara Jones, NTD Program Director, Ministry of Health, Tanzania
Languages: English and French
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