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	Source: Andrea Peterson

• NTD Program Representatives from Countries Supported by USAID’s NTD Initiative Present at the Global Health Council
  The Global Health Council hosted an NTD Roundtable event on August 19, 2009, in Washington, D.C., where the USAID-supported NTD Control Program and NTD Program Representatives from Haiti, Sierra Leone, and Uganda presented major accomplishments in NTD control in their countries. The tremendous country level results in NTD control presented demonstrate the significant impact the U.S. Government's support for NTDs is making in the world's most affected countries.
• View presentations from the roundtable event.
• Integrated Control of the NTDs: Successes and Challenges in Scaling Up National Programs [PowerPoint, 1.4MB] Presented by Dr. Eric Otteson
• NTD Control Program in Haiti [PDF, 1.7MB] Presented by Dr. Abdel-Nasser Direny
• NTD Control Program in Sierra Leone [PowerPoint, 1.9MB] Presented by Dr. Mustapha Sonnie
• NTD Control Program in Uganda [PowerPoint, 1.9MB] Presented by Dr. Onapa Ambrose
• Please also visit the NTD Control Program's Web site.
• Find more information on the General Health Council.
  
  
• USAID to Target NTDs in Cameroon and Togo – 08/17/09
  USAID is pleased to announce the addition of two new focus countries to its NTD Initiative. Following a competitive grant review process through its NTD Control Program, Health Development International (HDI) has been selected to receive a grant to implement integrated NTD control activities in Togo and Helen Keller International (HKI) has been selected to receive a second grant to implement NTD control activities in Cameroon. Cameroon and Togo join a growing list of countries supported by USAID’s NTD Initiative.
  
  
• President Obama Affirms: “We Will Fight Neglected Tropical Disease” – 07/11/09
  In a speech delivered in Accra, Ghana, on July 11, 2009, President Obama laid out his vision for human rights and democracy in Africa and reiterated his Administration’s pledge of $63 billion for a new Global Health Initiative, which includes support for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. The President stated, "We will fight neglected tropical disease." Learn more
  




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