Act | East at the 2024 NNN Annual Conference
USAID’s Act to End NTDs | East program will join researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and government leaders at the 2024 Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) Annual Conference to discuss the latest challenges and solutions for NTD elimination.
Join us during NNN workshops and rapid fires to learn how Act | East is advancing last mile efforts and utilizing innovative strategies to end NTDs.
Workshops
Innovative Local Solutions and Novel Data Use Toward Last Mile Efforts in Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Moderators: Whitney Goldman, MERLA Director, RTI International and Dr. Diana Stukel, MEL Director, FHI360
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Speakers: Alain Javel, Senior MERLA Specialist, RTI International; Victoria Turay, Program Manager NTD Program, Helen Keller International; Emmanuel Ssegawa, Technical Advisor and Uganda Country Representative, WI-HER; Dr. Jorge Cano, Surveillance Officer/ Data Analyst, WHO-AFRO ESPEN
The pathway to institutionalization for community engagement approaches increasing gender equity and social inclusion in NTDs
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Moderator: Dany Chhan, Senior Associate, WI-HER
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Speakers: Prudence Beinamaryo, NTD Program Manager, Uganda Ministry of Health; Moses Echodu, Program Manager, Save the Children; Shambel Belete, Ethiopia Health Systems Strengthening Country Lead, RTI International; Sara Pappa, Director of Program Implementation, WI-HER
Rapid Fires
Maximizing M&E for Learning in the Last Mile
- Presented by Alyssa Lindrose, Learning and Knowledge Management Specialist, RTI International
Localized Planning, Localized Financing: Effective Approaches to Mobilizing Resources for NTDs at the Subnational Level
- Presented by Jose Gonzalez, Senior Program Officer, Results for Development
Conducting a Disability-Sensitive Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Assessment in Tigray, Ethiopia: Promoting Gender Equity and Social Inclusion in NTDs for Post-Conflict and Hard-to-Reach Communities
- Presented by Shambel Belete, Ethiopia Health Systems Strengthening Country Lead, RTI International
Engaging Media Efforts to Eliminate NTDs
- Presented by Mark Gudmastad, Senior Communications Specialist, RTI International
Bridging the Gap: Promoting Health Equity though Inclusion of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Health Insurance Benefit Packages and Exempted Health Services in Ethiopia
- Presented by Shambel Belete, Ethiopia Health Systems Strengthening Country Lead, RTI International
Storytelling Films
More than Medicine: Eliminating Trachoma in Mozambique, a video produced by USAID’s Act to End NTDs | East program
Register to attend and view the conference schedule: