ISNTD Water
Water, sanitation & hygiene for tropical diseases
Online
18 November 2025
#ISNTDWater
#beatNTDs
Introduction
ISNTD Water, now in its ninth year, is the annual knowledge-exchange by ISNTD exploring the linkages and collaborations across water, sanitation, hygiene and global health.
Against the backdrop of the recently released 2025 update by the World Health Organization on progress, challenges and data charting Neglected Tropical Diseases targets to 2030, as well as the ongoing challenges of climate change, urban growth and inequity, investing in future‑ready water, sanitation and hygiene solutions remains a best buy in integrated and preventive public health strategies worldwide.
The ISNTD Water 2025 meeting seeks to delve into more detail of the lessons learned in WASH and NTD collaboration, as well as what is needed to overcome the current gaps and shortcomings to maximise the health improvements from WASH interventions.
Programme
Date: Tuesday 18th November 2025
Venue: Online (connection details to follow)
13.00-14.30 GMT | Interrupting Transmission Pathways: Insights into Locally Driven WASH Evidence-based Diseases Prevention
WASH Strategies and Sanitation Service Providers: Integrating Environmental and Educational Approaches for Vector-Borne Disease Control
Dr Jency Priskilla (Division of Epidemiology and Operational Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry, India)
The roles of water contact and mobility patterns for schistosome transmission in humans
Dr Melissa Iacovidou (NDPH Early Career Fellow, Oxford Big Data Institute, UK)
The Jengu handwashing station: co-creating handwashing solutions for health
Viviana Olivetto (British Red Cross), Dr Innocent Tumwebaze (APHRC), Stephen Phillips (Arup)
14.45-16.15 GMT | Investing in future-ready disease prevention: WASH as a strategic public health tool
Lessons from the elimination of trachoma in Senegal: implications for high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Dr Stephen Olaide Aremu (Lincoln University, NSUK Campus; Global Health and Infectious Diseases Control Institute, GHIDI-NSUK; Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria)
Surface water contamination with Echinococcus granulosus eggs in the endemic regions of cystic echinococcosis in the southeast of Iran: significance and public health implications
Prof Majid Fasihi Harandi (Director, Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
Infectious disease outbreaks in the wake of natural flood disasters: global patterns and local implications
Dr Jaime David Acosta España (Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Miguel de Cervantes, Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito, Ecuador)
Impact of Climate Change-Induced Flooding Water Related Diseases and Malnutrition in Borno State, Nigeria: A Public Health Crisis
Dr Oche Joseph Otorkpa (Faculty of Health Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria)
Turning analysis into action: opportunities and challenges in implementing wastewater science for public health decision-making
Dr Fuqing Wu (UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Texas)
The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases
