$62 Million Worth of Donated Drugs for NTDs

On April 23^rd, 2008 the Niger NTD Control Programme officially handed over to the Ministry of Health the $62.7m worth of donated drugs that will be used in Niger’s 2008 Neglected Tropical Disease mass treatment campaign. The ceremony was presided over by the Honourable Mr. Issa Lamine, the Minister of Health and Dr. Amadou Garba, the Niger NTD Control Programme Manager.

The Niger NTD Control Programme is funded through USAID’s NTD Control Programme and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI). Other partners include the WHO, UNICEF, RISEAL, and the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI).

Other News in Brief

• 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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