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Sierra Leone FR brief

Fiche technique sur l'Amélioration de la Qualité - Sierra Leone

Cette fiche technique explique comment le Programme National de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Négligées de la Sierra Leone a adopté une approche collaborative d'Amélioration de la Qualité dans 10 unités de santé périphériques.
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Sierra Leone Quality Improvement Technical Brief

This technical brief discusses how the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health adopted a collaborative quality improvement (QI) approach to enhance community engagement and improve MDA coverage in 10 peripheral health units within the four districts that failed pre-TAS.
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Modèle d'Amélioration de la Qualité pour accroitre ou augmenter la couverture du TDM dans le département de Zou

Le programme Act | West soutient l’élimination et le contrôle des maladies tropicales négligées au Bénin.

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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.
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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.
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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

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Journal publication - Safely resuming neglected tropical disease control activities during COVID-19: Perspectives from Nigeria and Guinea

To understand the challenges, opportunities, and recommendations for maximizing continuity of disease control during public health emergencies, we sought perspectives from Nigeria and Guinea on the process of restarting NTD control efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.
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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.

Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange

Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange

The Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange (GHTechX) took place virtually from April 21 - 24, 2021. The event is curated through a partnership between USAID, the George Washington University, and the Global Health: Science and Practice Journal. Our goal is to convene speakers and technical sessions that highlight the latest and greatest in global health, with participants spanning global health experts, students, and professionals from across the global health community.