USAID's NTD Program

Reports

• WHO: Working To Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases – October 2011 update [PDF, 762KB]
  

  Published a year after the First WHO report on Neglected Tropical Diseases, this reports on the progress that has been made in the fight against neglected tropical diseases.

• First WHO report on Neglected Tropical Diseases: Working To Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases – October 2010 [PDF, 3MB]
  

  This report presents evidence to demonstrate that activities undertaken to prevent and control neglected tropical diseases are producing results – and that achievements are being recognized. By 2008, preventive chemotherapy had reached more than 670 million people in 75 countries.

• National Programme for the Control of Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminthiasis in Cameroon – Annual Report 2010 [PDF, 4.6MB]
  Nearly 6 million children were dewormed in 2010 through a program implemented by the Ministries of Health and Education, with support from USAID, RTI, and Helen Keller International. Nearly 4 million treatments were donated by Johnson & Johnson and 2.5 million were donated by WHO/Merck. In addition, recent mapping results show success of annual deworming campaigns and control of schistosomiasis.

• Global NGO Deworming Inventory 2009 Reports
  

  The Global NGO Deworming Inventory was launched in June of 2010, with the explicit purpose of assessing the breadth and scope of NGO deworming activities and their treatment achievements worldwide. Download their multiple inventory reports which are updated as new data is received.

• NTD Stakeholder Meeting Summary – October 2008 [PDF, 63KB]
  In preparation for implementation of the Neglected Tropical Disease Initiative, USAID convened a key stakeholders meeting on October 20-21, 2008 in Washington D.C. The following provides an overview of the meeting, a summary of significant issues discussed, and a description of key outcomes and next steps.

  • NTD Stakeholder Meeting Summary Working Papers:
    • Monitoring and Evaluation [PDF, 386KB]
    • Drug Supply and Delivery [PDF, 81KB]
    • Operational Research [PDF, 35KB]
    • Country Selection [PDF, 57KB]
      
      

• Global Plan to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008–2015 [PDF, 291KB]
  Over the past decades, the World Health Organization (WHO), together with its partners, has formulated this innovative strategy to ensure cost-effective, ethical and sustainable control towards elimination or eradication of several NTDs.

• Integrated Control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Neglected Opportunity Ripe for Action – 5/08/08 [PDF, 98KB]

• Methodology for Evaluation of Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programmes at Country Level – January 2008 [PDF, 184KB]
  This document describes a methodology for the evaluation of NTD control
  programmes at the country level, taking into account the practical experience of the evaluation team.

• Also available in French [PDF, 274KB]

• USAID's Report to Congress: Child Survival and Health Programs Fund Progress Report, Fiscal Year 2007 [PDF, 14MB]
  This report describes USAID's strategic approaches, interventions, and achievements in health including NTDs that were reported during 2007.

• Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis: Report of a WHO Expert Committee, WHO Technical Report Series 912 – 2002 [PDF, 1.4MB]

• The Control of Schistosomiasis: Second Report of the WHO Expert Committee – 1993 [PDF, 4.8MB]