Working Groups and Work Streams

GSA Working Groups

The Global Schistosomiasis Alliance (GSA) is an all-inclusive partnership to mobilise the growing momentum to eliminate schistosomiasis. It is constituted as a diverse but representative partnership of endemic country national programmes, academic and research institutions, international development agencies and foundations, international organizations, non-governmental development organizations, private sector companies and advocacy and resource mobilisations partners.

Working groups bring relevant experts and stakeholders together to produce tangible outputs addressing specific challenges or barriers to schistosomiasis elimination as identified in the GSA Schistosomiasis Action Plan and the GSA strategy 2022-2025. The working group outputs are aimed at accelerating progress towards the WHO roadmap goals and beyond.

GSA Working Group members are committed to:

respect the autonomy of each partner and member of the GSA
remain open to everyone who shares the vital interest and competence in schistosomiasis control and elimination
optimize GSA members’ capabilities
share a commitment to communication, negotiation, action, reflection, and impact
remain action-oriented
promote transparency in decision making
promote efficient and effective governance
encourage cross-sectoral and integrated approaches
liaise with other NTD alliances and coalitions and learn lessons from their experiences

Current Working Groups

Implementation

Improving treatment delivery and distribution requires the coordination and collaboration of donors, treatment implementing partners and country programmes to ensure that the valuable treatments are reaching those that need them.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Measuring our success in controlling and eliminating schistosomiasis as a public health problem requires technical expertise, multiple partner collaboration and good evidence-based guidance.

Behaviour Change

Empowering communities to reduce their risk of aquiring schistosomiasis requires knowledge, engagement, collaboration and leadership. Combined with improved infrastructure sustainable change can be achieved.

Engineering

The Engineering Working Group to bring together engineers and non-engineers working on prevention of schistosomiasis particularly focusing on the construction of infrastructure (e.g. WASH infrastructure) or creation of new technologies.

Research

Scientists and research arm us with the knowledge, expertise and evidence we need to accelerate the control and elimination of schistosomiasis.

Diagnostics

The multi-stakeholder platform offered by the GSA brings together individuals working on SCH diagnostics to foster communication as well as synergize efforts in delivering the tools that are required to bridge the gap between where we are now and the WHO goals.

Snail Vectors

These groups convenes together researchers working on the snail intermediate host of schistosomiasis to facilitate communication, address barriers to research and identify potential solutions.

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