Sierra Leone NTD Master Plan (2023-2027)

Sierra Leone has developed a new comprehensive multi-year Master Plan (2023-2027) to guide intensified action towards elimination and control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The NTD Master Plan document addresses all components of the NTD Programme and is the instrument for successful planning and implementation of sustainable NTD Programmes in Sierra Leone (SL). 

The new NTD Master Plan presents the goal, the vision and mission of the NTD Programme and the strategies that will guide programme implementation over its 5-year life cycle. The document was developed following a robust multi-sectoral situation analysis of the on-going Programme status, the achievements, challenges and gaps.The previous SL Master Plan which expired in 2020 was implemented from 2015-2020 and with the current global emphasis on elimination of targeted NTDs, the country is opportune to revise herMaster Plan to ensure accelerated control and elimination of endemic NTDs. 

The new Plan takes into cognisance the recommendations of current national and international guidance documents under the leadership of the World Health Organisation,including theWHO NTD Global Roadmap (2021–2030), the Master Plan Guidelines, WHO Afro Region (2021),the 13th General Programme of Work and the Sustainable Development Goals.Dueconsideration was given to processes for safely undertaking NTD activities in a post COVID-19new era as well as anticipatory risk identification and mitigation strategies.