Act to End NTDs l West

01/24/2025

The Act | West program along with the 11 Act to End NTDs l West countries supported by the program will celebrate in under 1 week!

Thanks to USAID - US Agency for International Development support, the Act | West countries have made strides in control & elimination as well as NTD program sustainability.

Since last World NTD Day, Senegal has completed and submitted their trachoma elimination dossier.

01/16/2025

Only two weeks until !

The day increases awareness about the effects of neglected tropical diseases. The 11 countries in the program have planned many celebratory events to mark their progress against .

01/15/2025

In 2023, the WHO declared Mali as being the 17th country to eliminate as a public health problem.

Trachoma is the first NTD to be eliminated in Mali. Across the other 10 West African nations supported by Act | West, more than 84 million people are no longer at risk for trachoma.

01/14/2025

The Act to End NTDs l West program is now in its seventh year of implementation! Learn more about the anticipated activities of the 11 countries in the program in FY25 by reading through their work plans.

More: https://tinyurl.com/2s3n69j6

Helen Keller Intl

01/10/2025

The FY25 country work plans have been uploaded to the Act to End NTDs l West website!

See more: https://tinyurl.com/2s3n69j6
Helen Keller Intl

01/08/2025

This year, the countries supported by Act to End NTDs l West were able to achieve important progress against .

For example, in 2024, Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health signed their sustainability plan, completing its validation process.

USAID - US Agency for International Development

01/02/2025

Thanks to USAID - US Agency for International Development support through the Act to End NTDs l West program, over 152 million people living in the countries supported by Act | West are no longer at risk for lymphatic filariasis!

In addition, 386 districts across Mali, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, and Niger once faced . Today, only 3 districts remain—all in Burkina Faso.

A testament to decades of collaboration and resilience.

12/30/2024

Learn more about the notification of Severe Adverse Events through the recently released Act to End NTDs l West webinar recording!

More: https://tinyurl.com/4r8pebvw FHI 360

This webinar presented the key points for the analysis of severe adverse events (SAE) along with the information required to notify Act | West, including the notification template, the platform, and the SAE notified to Act West from 2019 to today.

12/30/2024

For the past 10 years, Rebecca Lebbie, who is a nurse in Sierra Leone, has been on a mission to control the schistosomiasis in her native Kono district.

Read her story: https://tinyurl.com/2566msvr Helen Keller Intl

Benin, like other countries supported by USAID’s Act to End NTDs | West project, relies on drugs that are imported into the country and are subject to customs and clearance upon arrival in the country. What makes Benin’s experience unique is the process used to expedite the drug clearance.

12/27/2024

During a mass drug administration in
🇸🇳 Senegal, Dr. Mamadou Ndiaye, head of the Pété health district, spoke about the impact of in his region.

View the interview: https://youtu.be/ctK5RINGaX4

Dr. Mamadou Ndiaye, head of Pété health district in Senegal, speaks during a SCH-STH impact survey that was conducted in October 2024.

12/20/2024

You’re invited! Join us on January 15 from 8-9am ET, for a webinar co-hosted by USAID - US Agency for International Development, Act to End NTDs l West & World Health Organization (WHO). The webinar focuses on the current status of available diagnostic tests, including the Standard Q Filariasis Ag Test (QFAT), for countries to use in programmatic decision making as part of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.

The event will be simultaneously translated in French! Register: https://tinyurl.com/mtakh3mh

USAID Global Health FHI 360

12/20/2024

FHI 360's Dr. Kisito Ogoussan recently hosted a webinar on the notification of Severe Adverse Events.

Watch the recording and view the slides here: https://tinyurl.com/4r8pebvw

This webinar presented the key points for the analysis of severe adverse events (SAE) along with the information required to notify Act | West, including the notification template, the platform, and the SAE notified to Act West from 2019 to today.