ISNTD Water 2021
Water, sanitation & hygiene for tropical diseases
Online conference
30 November 2021
#ISNTDWater
#beatNTDs
Introduction
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.
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.
Presentations & panel discussions will run throughout the day. Please contact krafiq@isntd.org for further details including speaking & attending.
Programme
Date: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Time: 8:30 - 18.30 UTC
Venue: Online (connection details to follow)
Four sessions throughout the day:
Draft programme:
9.00-10.30 UTC
WASH & HEALTH: CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION TO OVERCOME ADVOCACY CHALLENGES
Dr May Sule (Lecturer in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Cranfield Water Science Institute)
WASH, Female Genital Schistosomiasis and the wider challenges to womens' health
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
11.00-12.30 UTC
WASH IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
Robel L. Wamisho (WASH Program Manager, World Vision Ghana) and Cephas Wedam (Asutifi North Universal WASH Project Coordinator, World Vision)
World Vision Ghana’s WASH work in HCF: experience & lessons from the Asutifi North District
Baridueh Badon Merck (Access to Water, Merck Global Health Institute)
Merck Global Health Institute Access to Water Strategy
Bioye Ogunjobi (WASH Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria)
WASH-NTD integration in Nigeria: an overview
Ms Magdalena Shao (Water resources scientist and Assistant Lecturer at MUHAS)
Towards a roadmap guiding WASH in Healthcare Facilities: the experience of Tanzania
13.00-14.30 UTC
THE ENVIRONMENT, WASH & HUMAN HEALTH
Dr Felipe J Colón-González (Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Dengue forecasting
Lucinda Hazell (Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London)
Ultraviolet disinfection of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae in water
17.00-18.30 UTC
ORAL HEALTH: A WASH & GLOBAL HEALTH PRIORITY FOR NEGLECTED COMMUNITIES
Dr Habib Benzian (New York University College of Dentistry & Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Center Quality Improvement & Evidence-based Dentistry, and Lancet Commission on Global Oral Health)
Oral Health, NTDs and WASH - new global momentum and opportunities for integration
Dr Yuka Makino (Technical Officer for Oral Health at the WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo)
WHO's Oral Health Resolution: paving the way forward in the fight against noma
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)
The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases
