Events

Upcoming

RSTMH | Climate change, malaria, and NTDs

World NTD Day webinar focusing on the new major scoping review published in RSTMH journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which draws on extensive research spanning over a decade and lays a foundation for understanding how climate shifts are likely to influence disease dynamics.

virtual event

30 Jan 2025, 13:00

World NTD Day 2025

On World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025, the WHO is calling on everybody, including leaders and communities, to unite, act and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by making bold, sustainable investments to free the estimated 1.5 billion people, in the world’s most vulnerable communities, from a vicious cycle of disease and poverty.

3-4 February 2025

Science+ | Parasite evolution and impact in action – assessing the importance of hybrid schistosomes in Africa

Join this Science+ meeting, held at the Royal Society in London, on the topic of parasite evolution and hybrid schistosomes in Africa.

Royal Society - London, United Kingdom

15-17 APril 2025

WHO AFRO | National NTD Programme Managers Annual Meeting

Theme for the annual meeting: "Innovating for acceleration: Pathways to NTD Elimination"

Lomé, Togo

Past Events

5-8 March 2023

Conference | AHAIC 2023

Join the 2023 Africa Health Agenda International Conference on the theme of 'Resilient Health Systems for Africa: Re-envisioning the Future Now'

Kigali, Rwanda / select session streamed virtually

2 March 2pm GMT+1

Webinar | Time for Water Action

What are the biggest water challenges today? And how will they be addressed during the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference? Join SIWI for this webinar where experts will get you up to speed ahead of the first global conference on freshwater issues in almost 50 years.

virtual event

28 Feb 2023, 8:30-12pm London, GMT | 10:30-2pm Cairo, GMT+2 | 4:30-8pm Beijing, GMT+8

Webinar | Schistosomiasis Control in Egypt and China: Where We Stand?

Join the joint webinar between TBRI-WHO CC and NIPD-WHO CC on 'Schistosomiasis Control in Egypt and China'

virtual event

23 Feb 2023 - 14:30 GMT

Seminar | Challenges in diagnosing and treating female genital schistosomiasis in low resource settings

The Population Council's Center for Biomedical Research online seminar by Dr. Wall to present on challenges in diagnosing and treating female genital schistosomiasis in low resource settings.

Online

8 February 2023 2pm GMT

Research Links | Maximizing the untapped potential of NTD platforms

Join this COR-NTD Research Links webinar on using NTD platforms to reach marginalised communities during future global health crises.

virtual event

31 Jan 2023, 1:30-2:30pm UTC

Launch | G-FINDER NTD Report 2022

The G-FINDER project tracks annual investment into Research & Development (R&D) for new products and technologies to address priority global health challenges. With keynote address by Prof Peter Hotez.

virtual event

30 Jan 2023 17:00-20:00 CET

BNITM | World NTD Day 2023: Snack & Talk about NTDs

On the occasion of World NTD Day 2023, the BNITM invites you to a talk event in the Erika-Haus on the premises of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendor (UKE). There will be a panel discussion with our experts, a photo exhibition and more. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to talk to the panelists and scientists over a snack.

Erika-Haus Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg

30 Jan 2023 16:30-18:00 China Standard Time (CST)

WHO | End Neglected Tropical Diseases through WHO Collaborating Centres Networking Webinar

WHO Collaborating Centres (CC) related to NTDs will get together on 30 January 2023 and hold a virtual workshop to End Neglected Tropical Diseases through enhanced networking.

In person by invitation with live streaming

30 Jan 2023 14:00-15:15 CET

WHO and UTC | Act now. Act together. Invest in neglected tropical diseases.

A webinar to celebrate World NTD Day. This World NTD Day, please join us for a webinar about the need to increase awareness of and investment to end inequality and the poor health outcomes that allow neglected tropical diseases to take hold and devastate too many of the world’s population.

Virtual

30 Jan - 4 Feb 2023

Photo Exhibition: Forgotten health, pictures to remember NTDs

A press conference and photographic exhibition will be held in the Civic Library in Turin, Italy to draw attention to the impact of neglected tropical diseases in a non-endemic context such as the Italian one and the Piedmont Region.

Central Civic Library, Turin, Italy

30 Jan 2023 9-10:15 EST

COR NTD | World NTD Day: Act Now, Act Together - Investing in Young African Researchers

Join COR NTD and ARNTD this World NTD Day in celebrating the first five years of the Small Grants Program and the accomplishments of young African scientists. Grant recipients will discuss their research as well as their journey to help eliminate NTDs and ARNTD will share what the future holds for the program in 2023.

Virtual