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Democratic Republic of the Congo COVID-19 and HAT testing Bandundu, DRC Photo credit: FIND/J.Ndung'u

NNN Conference 2024

01 – 03 October 2023 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hybrid

The 15th Annual NNN conference

From Tuesday 1st – Thursday 3rd October 2024 in-person in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference will see NTD practitioners, government leaders, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders from over 50 countries deliberating on challenges and solutions for NTD elimination.

Sessions

Workshop
Advancing health equity through diagnostics and health systems strengthening for NTD elimination

Programme:

  • Introduction to FIND (Helen Bokea)
  • Quiz on Diagnostics for NTDs
  • Panel discussion
  • Group work


Panelists:
  • Jennifer Nailes, Vice President of Research, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (Philippines)
  • Laura Bohorquez, FIND (Switzerland)
  • Enock Matovu, Makerere University (Uganda)
  • Margaret Mbuchi, Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kenya)
  • Simon Bolo, DNDi


Group work:
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Chagas disease
  • Sleeping sickness (Human African Trypanosomiasis)
  • Visceral leishmaniasis

FIND's presence

Helen Bokea, Director, NTDs

Laura Bohorquez, Scientist

Dawn Maranga, Scientist

Dounia Cherkaoui, Scientist

03 October 2024 9:00 to 10:30 am (MYT) Hybrid