Le programme Act | West soutient l’élimination et le contrôle des maladies tropicales négligées au Bénin.
Resources
Transforming WHO Recommendations into Practice
This technical brief discusses how the West African countries within the Act | West portfolio have transformed WHO guidelines and recommendations into practical approaches to achieve interruption of onchocerciasis transmission.
Partnering with Countries to Achieve Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination
This technical brief discusses WHO's Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) and Act | West's approach that is used to support countries to achieve LF elimination.
Quality Improvement Model to Improve MDA Coverage in Zou Department: Benin
USAID’s Act to End NTDs | West program supports the elimination and control of neglected tropical diseases in Benin. Mass drug administration for the elimination a
Baseline Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa
Mapping is an essential element for each of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs advocated by the WHO.
Effect of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel on SCH among school age children in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatiotemporal modelling study
Christos Kokaliaris, Amadou Garba, Martin Matuska, Rachel N Bronzan, Daniel G Colley, Ameyo M Dorkenoo, Uwem F Ekpo, Fiona M Fleming, Michael D French, Achille Kabore, Jean B Mbonigaba, Nicholas Midzi, Pauline N M Mwinzi, Eliézer K N'Goran, Maria Rebollo Polo, Moussa Sacko, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Edridah M Tukahebwa, Pitchouna A Uvon, Guojing Yang, Lisa Wiesner, Yaobi Zhang, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou,
Effect of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel on schistosomiasis among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatiotemporal modelling study, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2021, ISSN 1473-3099,
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00090-6.
Restarting Neglected Tropical Diseases Programs in West Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
In line with the WHO recommendations and guidance issued in April 2020, USAID advised Act | West to temporarily suspend NTD field activities.
Evaluation of NTD Warehouse Facilities and Processes
This webinar is part of a series of capacity-building webinars to enhance national NTD program supply chain competences and create space for cross-country experience sharing.
Évaluation des installations et des processus des entrepôts de Médicaments des MTN
Cet évènement s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une série de webinaires de renforcement des capacités visant à améliorer les compétences nationales en matière de chaîne d’approvisionnement des programmes de MTN et à créer un espace de partage d’expérience entre pays.
Trachoma Surveys: Practical Approaches to Implementing WHO Guidance for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Programs in the Context of COVID-19
Trachoma baseline surveys, trachoma impact surveys, trachoma surveillance surveys, and trichiasis-only surveys are key disease-specific assessments of trachoma elimination programs, used to start mass drug administration (MDA), monitor progress, decide when to stop MDA, and inform attainment of elimination of trachoma as a public health problem.