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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.
Colleagues at USAID's LF TAS Workshop

Lymphatic Filariasis Operational Research Updates from NTDSC

Updates on operational research for lymphatic filariasis were shared from the Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center on January 16, 2020.
The Carter Center's Emily Griswold

Improving Mass Drug Administration Tools

The Carter Center's Emily Griswold presents on improving mass drug administration tools on January 16, 2020.
RTI's Clara Burgert and Diana Lu

High Quality Disease-Specific Assessment Implementation and Electronic Data Collection

RTI's Clara Burgert and Diana Lu talk about how to ensure high-quality standardized surveys on January 16, 2020.
Group Photo of USAID's Act to End NTDs l West January 2020 LF TAS Workshop Participants

Tanzania Transmission Assessment Survey Experience

IMA Tanzania's Andreas Nshala presents Tanzania's experience with conducting transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis on January 15, 2020.
RTI's Clara Burgert

Investigating and Responding to LF Survey Failures

RTI's Clara Burgert leads a panel discussion on how to investigate and respond to LF survey failures on January 15, 2020.
Abdel Direny, IMA Worldhealth

Transmission Assessment Survey Preparation and Supervision

IMA World Health's Abdel Direny, MD, MPH, presented guidance for transmission assessment survey preparation and supervision on January 15, 2020.
Caitlin Worrell of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses a filariasis test strip

Filariasis Test Strip Irregularity Reporting / Rapportage de irrégularités de FTS

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Caitlin Worrell discussed filariasis test strip irregularity reporting in a bilingual presentation, titled "rapportage de irrégularités de FTS" in French, on January 14, 2020.
Caitlin Worrell, CDC

Filariasis Test Strip Quality and Reporting

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Caitlin Worrell discussed filariasis test strip quality as a diagnostic tool and reporting issues with the tool on January 14, 2020.
Emily Toubali, USAID

USAID NTD Division - Overview of Lymphatic Filariasis

USAID's Emily Toubali provided an overview of the NTD Division's work on lymphatic filariasis on January 14, 2020