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Dorin Brener Turgeman - Vice-Chair 2025
The NNN welcomes Dorin Brener Turgeman as Vice-Chair for 2025.
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Ethical storytelling: An approach to ensuring truthful community representation and ownership
An approach to ensuring truthful community representation and ownership in how NTD stories are told.
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Strengthening cross-sectoral collaboration to #beatNTDs: lessons from Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda
Lessons on cross-sectoral collaboration to beat NTDs, drawn from programmes in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda.
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From Words to Action: Introducing the NTD Inclusion Score Card (NISC)
Introducing the NTD Inclusion Score Card (NISC) — moving from words to action on disability and inclusion.
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Preventing pandemics through everyday health systems
New infectious diseases with pandemic potential are likely to become more common; measures to prevent their spread should be incorporated into routine health pl
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Announcing the new NNN Vice-Chair 2023-2024
Delighted to welcome Mr. Gillbert Baayenda from The Fred Hollows Foundation as our new Vice-Chair.
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WHO Launch of the Strategic Framework for Integrated Control and Management of Skin-Related NTDs
This strategic framework is a companion document to the road map, developed in response to the critical actions identified to reach the 2030 targets, in collabo
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Tribute to Dr Mwele Ntuli Malecela
The NNN community is devastated by the passing of Dr Mwele Ntuli Malecela, Director of the Department of NTDs at WHO — a source of strength, inspiration, and mo
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Update | NNN Statement of Commitment to Hand Hygiene For All 2021
NNN's commitment to hand hygiene for all stands on three pillars: political leadership; an enabling environment for WASH and NTD collaboration; and sustainable,
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From strategy to accountability: monitoring progress on WASH actions to combat NTDs
The renewed global WASH strategy to combat NTDs envisions accelerated, sustained achievement of road map targets — but how do we get from strategy to accountabi
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NTD NGO Network statement in response to UK aid cuts
The NNN is deeply concerned by the UK Government's decision to make significant cuts to funding for global health and development, including investments in the
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Global Handwashing Day Interview with NNN Vice-Chair, Arielle Dolegui
For Global Handwashing Day 2020, NNN WASH Working Group Chair Yael Velleman interviewed Arielle Dolegui on the challenges and opportunities for coordinated prog
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