Niger NTD Control Programme Launches 2008 Integrated Mass Drug Administration

On the 5^th May, 2008 the Niger NTD Control Programme launched its second mass drug administration campaign in a small village 130 km east of Niamey in the district of Boboye. The launch ceremony was officially opened by the Minister of Health, his Honourable Issa Lamine, and the Chief of Kiota, a sub-regional religious leader. In addition to senior Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education officials, the WHO country representative, a representative from JICA, Peace Corps representatives, and representatives from HKI, PLAN International and The Carter Center all attended the ceremony to launch the 2008 Integrated NTD Treatment Campaign.

Niger NTD Control Programme Organises Hydrocele Surgical Training for Local Doctors

The Niger NTD Control Programme was recently awarded a generous donation from a private donor to conduct hydrocele surgeries for those individuals with morbidity due to lymphatic filariasis. A surgical training workshop took place from 9-11 June 2008 in the regional capital of Tillabery and was organised in order to increase the number of appropriately trained local doctors able to conduct hydrocele surgeries in the field.

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Other News in Brief

• $62 Million Worth of Donated Drugs for NTDs

• Opening of National Schistosomiasis and STH laboratory in Niamey plus presentation to SCI for work against poverty in Niger

• Second Mass Treatment in the Niger River Valley

• Niger Launches the Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminth Treatment Campaign in Tahoua and Maradi Regions

• Prevalence Mapping Throughout Niger

• Ultrasound Training Workshop for diagnosis of morbidity due to S. haematobium infection

• Niger Launches Schistosomiasis Control Programme

• Profiles of National Coordinators

• Implemtation of national schistosomiasis control programme

© Schistosomiasis Control Initiative 2008

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