Presentations and panel discussion will be running April 23-24th 2024, online from 8:30-16:00 UTC. This event is free to attend; please register in the box above or email comparetm@isntd.org directly. Please note that we have an ultimate deadline for submissions of material on April 18th 2024. 

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Day 1: April 23rd 2024

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8:30-10:00 UTC | Communicating about neglected diseases: from local challenges to global advocacy 

• Theresa Baird (Senior Programmes Officer at CBM Global Disability Inclusion) – the story of living with a Neglected Tropical Disease
   

• Claire Jeantet (Inediz) - Noma, a Neglected Tropical Disease: from the shadows to global movement 
   

• Priya Kanayson (Advocacy and communications director, Global Institute for Disease Elimination), Louisa Tribe (Uniting to Combat NTDs) and Dereck Mpofu (Musical artist) - the success story of the World NTD Day and the “Unite. Act. Eliminate" trilingual song

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10:30-12:00 UTC | Art for science: creative strategies & messaging for global health 

 

• Beth Anderson (CEO Arkitek Scientific) - from complex ideas to elegant visualizations for science, technology and education

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• ​​Omoregie Osakpolor (documentary photographer & filmmaker) and Gregory Porter (Senior Associate Director of Communications, the END Fund) - Reframing neglect: a fine art and documentary photography exhibition on NTDs

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• Mahati Ramachandra (Scientific illustrator & Artiverse) 

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12:30-14:00 UTC | Beyond numbers: the science and art of analytical storytelling through data visualization 

• Angelica A. Garcia (Project Staff, Ateneo Center for Computing Competency and Research) - how data visualisation impacts data-driven decision-making for public health

 

• Prof Paula Moraga (Professor of Statistics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 

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• Christopher Ho (Big Data Institute, University of Oxford) - "Beyond reports: The use of maps in community engagement, examples from SchistoTrack"

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14:30-16:00 UTC | Journalism and neglected tropical diseases

• Dr Trust Matsilele (Senior Lecturer Journalism, Birmingham City University) - Funding Roadblocks, Knowledge Gaps and Future of Science Journalism in Southern Africa
   

• Aline Tavares (Senior Communications Analyst, Instituto Butantan) – Lessons from combatting fake news and sharing health-related information with the general public
   

• Ricardo Carrillo Meza (Health Sciences Center, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali)
   

• Adenike Adebowale-Tambe (Freelance journalist, Nigeria)

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• Kathryn Cleary (Internews Health Journalism Network)
   

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Day 2: April 24th 2024

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8:30-10:00 UTC | Public health challenges and community engagement 

• Gabrielle Thompson (Communications Officer, University of Edinburgh and TIBA Partnership – ‘Mission Bilharzia 101’ comic book 
   

• Dr Yahya Disu (Head of Communications, Nigeria CDC) - Risk communication during health emergencies in Nigeria: What are its challenges?
   

• Stéphanie Meyer (Global Medical Expert, Valneva) – The chikungunya threat in communities and raising awareness 
   

• Dr Hang Nguyen (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam) - Healthcare students’ voice in Ethics and Clinical research
   

• Dr Lauren Wilburn (Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford) - Designing effective community feedback loops to improve study designs: the case of SchistoTrack 

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10:30-12:00 UTC | Spotlight on Podcasts

• Wealth Okete - Immunology in Africa Podcast 

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• Garry Aslanyan (WHO TDR) - Global Health Matters Podcast 

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• Desmond Jumbam - Global Health Unfiltered Podcast

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• Callum Mutch and Jame McCrae – the ID:IOTS podcast (Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists, supported by the British Infection Association)

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12:30-14:00 UTC | Film session 

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• Calum Goodwin (Encephalitis International) - "Shot in the Arm"

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• Lydia Trippler (Swiss TPH) – Schistosomiasis in Zanzibar
   

• Ilan Moss (Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, DNDi) – “The Kissing Bug Doctors of Florida”
   

• Murchana Roychoudhury (Barcelona Institute for Global Health, IS Global) - "Proyecto ECO | Irene y la ruta de la salud"

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