This virtual panel discussion on 15 February 2023 hosted a panel of experts involved in various parts of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) value chain who reflected on issues put forth by a new discussion paper and provided insights into the opportunities and challenges of advancing the proposed solutions for innovative finance for NTDs.

Read the discussion paper here. 

Professor Emilienne Epée shares her perspectives on the importance of community engagement to help advance elimination of NTDs in Cameroon. Professor Epée is Chief of Service and focal point in charge of NTDs in the Department of Disease Control of the Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon. 

Dr Greg Noland of The Carter Center shares his reflections on the Center's Hispaniola Initiative, which works with the ministries of health in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis from the countries' shared island, Hispaniola.

In early November, GLIDE hosted a roundtable event in partnership with a number of leading global experts. The subject of the debate was how best to turn the rhetoric around needing more country-led development, which we’ve seen in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, into concrete policies. 

This was the first in a series of Glide Labs events, in which we’ll be convening diverse voices to take a fresh look at pressing global health challenges. 

In this episode of Elimination Exchange, Dr Frank Richards of The Carter Center reflects on over 40 years of work in river blindness. 

Professor Dan Fletcher from UC Berkley talks about the LoaScope, an innovative field diagnostic tool developed by his group to help accelerate progress towards onchocerciasis (river blindness) elimination in Africa.