The seminar “Optimising strategies for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)” will take place on January 14, 2022, starting at 2 pm.
The Speaker is Susana Vaz Nery, MSc PhD (Associate Professor and NTD research group leader, The Kirby Institute – University of New South Wales, Australia).
You can watch the seminar live on YouTube: HERE.
Abstract:
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause serious morbidity and disability, affecting 2 billion people in low- and middle-income countries. The main strategy for control of key NTDs is preventive chemotherapy (PC), the regular delivery of drugs to entire communities or specific sub-groups, such as children. PC NTDs of global importance include soil-transmitted helminths (STH), schistosomiasis, scabies, trachoma and yaws.
The NTD research group is leading large-scale intervention research linked to novel diagnostics, social science, health economics and mathematical modelling aiming to contribute to the control and elimination of PC NTDs in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. In this seminar the NTD RG leader, Assoc. Prof Susana Vaz Nery will present an overview of the research conducted by NTD RG. Examples include cluster randomised control trials in Vietnam, Solomon Islands and Fiji; and impact assessments of PC programs in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Timor-Leste and Angola.