Targeting Neglected Tropical Diseases

Professor Andrea S. Winkler, the Director of the UiO Centre for Global Health, participated this week at the "Global Partners Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases" at WHO HQ in Geneva on April 19, followed by a 3-day NTD Summit organised by Uniting to Combat, to celebrate the 5th year anniversary of the WHO Roadmap targets for NTDs and the signing of the London Declaration.

Participants at meeting

"Global Partners Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases" at WHO. Photo: Katharina Klohe

The meeting on Wednesday brought together Margaret Chan as DG, Kofi Annan, Bill Gates, WHO staff, pharmaceutical companies, NGOs, NTD coalitions and research groups to exchange achievements made so far, but to highlight what is needed in order to achieve the targets for 2020 and beyond.

Participants at meeting

An important topic was the link between SDGs and NTDs and how the efforts can be maintained beyond 2020. Health systems and health system strengthening was often mentioned to be a priority, as well as the need to collaborate if elimination is to be achieved. More disease-specific exchanges have also taken place and are still taking place in the meetings organised by Uniting to Combat since yesterday.

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Published Apr. 21, 2017 3:16 PM - Last modified Oct. 27, 2017 12:44 PM