{"id":97,"date":"2025-03-08T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T08:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/?p=97"},"modified":"2025-03-08T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T09:45:33","slug":"first-ever-world-ntd-day-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/first-ever-world-ntd-day-commemoration\/","title":{"rendered":"First-ever World NTD Day commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-0175-min-2000x1333-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-0175-min-2000x1333-800x533-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-0175-min-2000x1333-800x533-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-0175-min-2000x1333-800x533-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The integrated Community Health Initiative Organization with support from the Crown prince Court of Abu Dhabi through the Global health Strategies organized the first ever World NTD day in Kampala-Uganda in partnership with theUganda Ministry of Health, Makerere University and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kampala Capital City Authority. The celebrations attracted over 500 people including policy makers, University, paramedical and lower level students- (including primary and secondary) researchers, media, NTD experts and wider community members resident at the Ggaba landing site and the Katoogo zone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICHIO planned to increase students and partner involvement in the advocacy, prevention and control of NTDs at different levels <strong>and <\/strong>raise awareness about NTDs in the most vulnerable communities of landing sites and slums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To achieve the above objectives, two major activities were planned and successfully excuted. These included the student\u2019s dialogue code named <strong>\u201cStudents Voices on NTDs\u201d <\/strong>and <strong>the community NTDs awareness campaign .<\/strong>Both activities had a special focus on Schistosomiasis, however, organizers and presenters were keen at giving highlights on other locally common NTDS such as Trachoma, Intestinal helminthes, Leprosy, Onchocerciasis, Filariasis among others.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-02041-2000x1333-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-02041-2000x1333-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-02041-2000x1333-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-02041-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-02041-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-02041-2000x1333-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-01721-676x451-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-01721-676x451-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ichioug.org\/ichioug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img-01721-676x451-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students\u2019 dialogue (students\u2019 voices on NTDs) held on 29<sup>th<\/sup> January 2020 at Davis Lecture Theatre, College of Health Sciences -Makerere University, attracted 247 participants. This dialogue involved 6 students (panelist) who presented on NTDs guided by a predetermined criteria and topical areas including the burden of NTDS, the existing interventions, gaps and recommendations. One student presented a case scenario on Schistosomiasis case identification and management based on his experience on the ward as a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> year medical student. This was followed by general discussions guided by the NTDs experts including the Assistant Commissioner NTD control-Ministry of health-Uganda who as presented on national level strategies and priorities in line with NTDs. On Thursday, 30<sup>th<\/sup> January 2020-(1<sup>st<\/sup> World NTD Day), ICHIO led other partners local in sensitizing communities along Ggaba landing site and crowned the events at Katoogo landing zone with major NTDs awareness talks graced by local politicians, Makindye division health team (KCCA) among others in which over 300 people were reached with NTD control messages with specific focus on schistosomiasis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The integrated Community Health Initiative Organization with support from the Crown prince Court of Abu Dhabi through the Global health 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