ISNTD Water 2021
Water, sanitation & hygiene for tropical diseases

30 November 2021

#ISNTDWater

ISNTD Water, now in its eighth year, is the annual meeting by ISNTD for those interested in exploring the linkages and collaborations across water, sanitation, hygiene and global health. 

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This year, against the backdrop of the recently launched WHO NTD Roadmap and the shock of the COVID19 pandemic, ISNTD Water will focus on innovations and opportunities in collaboration across the WASH and health sectors to accelerate disease control and elimination.

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Presentations & panel discussions will run throughout the day. Please contact krafiq@isntd.org for further details including speaking & attending.

Date: Tuesday 30th November 2021

Time: 8:30 - 17:00 UTC

Venue: Online (connection details to follow)

Four sessions throughout the day:

Draft programme:

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9.00-10.30 UTC

WASH & HEALTH: CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION TO OVERCOME ADVOCACY CHALLENGES

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Dr May Sule (Lecturer in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Cranfield Water Science Institute)

WASH, Female Genital Schistosomiasis and the wider challenges to womens' health

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Maartje Pronk (Max Foundation)

Minigrids to supply safe water to households: impact of an innovative entrepreuneurial model

Ifeoma Okonkwo (Project Coordinator, WASH for Impact and Development)

Making Universal Health Care a reality through a Human Rights and Responsibility-based approach

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11.00-12.30 UTC

WASH IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

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Baridueh Badon Merck (Access to Water, Merck Global Health Institute)

Merck Global Health Institute Access to Water Strategy

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Robel L. Wamisho (WASH Program Manager, World Vision Ghana)

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Bioye Ogunjobi (WASH Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria) 

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Ms Magdalena Shao (Water resources scientist and Assistant Lecturer at MUHAS)

Towards a roadmap guiding WASH in Healthcare Facilities: the experience of Tanzania 

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13.00-14.30 UTC

​THE ENVIRONMENT, WASH & HUMAN HEALTH

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Dr Felipe J Colón-González (Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Dengue forecasting 

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Lucinda Hazell (Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London)

Ultraviolet disinfection of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae in water

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17.00-18.30 UTC

​ORAL HEALTH: A WASH & GLOBAL HEALTH PRIORITY FOR NEGLECTED COMMUNITIES

Dr Yuka Makino (Technical Officer for Oral Health at the WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo)

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Dr Joel Rosenbloom (University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry / Director of the Faculty of Dentistry's TAAAC Program (Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration) / staff dentist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health CAMH)

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Dr Habib Benzian (New York University College of Dentistry)

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