Working together – towards achieving equity by eliminating neglected tropical diseases

1. Working together – towards achieving equity by eliminating neglected tropical diseases

2. Cost Effective: Particularly with co-implementation • Diseases of neglected populations • Cause significant long term impact on lives and livelihoods • Infected with more than one disease • Interventions cost as little as $0.5 c per person per disease • Co-implementation leading to significant efficiency gains even on this number Elephantiasis affects children and adults Source: Centre for NTDs, Liverpool

3. Contribution to the UK government priorities in international development • Poverty and hunger • Universal primary education • Gender equality • Child mortality and maternal health • Need for inclusion of NTDs in the post MDG development framework A mother and child in Niger Source: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

4. By kind permission of Dr Caroline Harper, Sightsavers

5. Response to need for convergence: • Influence policy, strategy and implementation decision making to support effect control and elimination • Leverage resources • Foster and facilitate communication, collaboration and information sharing

6. Unprecedented commitment By kind permission of Prof. Moses Bockarie, CNTD , Liverpool

7. A great foundation to build upon • US$ Billions of drug commitments • World Bank • DFID and government donors • Philanthropists and corporates • NGOs and networks • WHO Roadmap

8. Changes in the delivery paradigms • Integration into primary health care approaches • Initially NTD specific programmes necessary to reduce burden • Sustainable approaches aim for • Active community participation • Integration between disease programme • Linkage with health service delivery • Broader social determinants of health Patients waiting outside a health centre in Niger Source: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

9. Changes in the delivery paradigms • Convergence of efforts with water and sanitation actors • Crucial part of prevention control and elimination of NTDs • Operational research to identify optimal interventions • Partnerships between different actors • Sharing knowledge of best practice • Commitment to long term planning and joint impact evaluation A pupil washing their hands and face to prevent trachoma in Kenya Source Kate Hold Sightsavers

10. Changes in the delivery paradigms • Convergence of efforts with the animal health sector • Infection from animal sources represent 70% of infections in humans • 600 million people dependent on livestock • Neglected zoonotic diseases have devastating effect on fragile coping strategies • Human and veterinary public health systems can work synergistically Farmers spraying their goats with insecticide in Kenya Source Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

11. Operational research successes • Utilization of effective technology • 5 billion wireless subscribers over 70% living in low and middle income countries • Disease reporting and improve response to disease outbreaks • Role in diagnosis in remote areas • Dissemination of information on prevention and awareness of treatment campaigns

12. AcknowledgementsChairman Jeremy Lefroy MP Vice Chairmen Lord Rea, Eleanor Laign MP, Kevin Barron MP, Pauline Latham OBE MP, Baroness Helene Hayman GBE,PC Coordinator Susan Dykes Stephen O’Brien previous Parliamentary Under Secretary at DFIDMember of the UK Coalition against NTDs