4th MEETING OF NATIONAL PC-NTD PROGRAMME & DATA MANAGERS IN THE WHO AFRICAN REGION

The Regional NTD Programme and the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of NTDs (ESPEN) are holding the fourth Joint Regional Programme Managers meeting at this defining moment. This background document presents the terms of reference for this meeting.

General objective

The general objective of this fourth meeting on PC-NTDs is to introduce the new technical support structures at WHO/AFRO to NTD country programmes and stakeholders; to discuss renewed disease specific targets for the African region as included in the NTD Roadmap 2021-2030; and to present new guidance tools and resources intended to help NTD programmes better plan their interventions for the coming years. 

Specific objectives

• Brief NTD country programmes and stakeholders on the restructured structures at WHO/AFRO which are directly concerned NTD management. 

• Revise the renewed NTD regional goals, targets, priority interventions, roles and responsibilities of various actors for the regional NTD implementation framework for the period 2021-2030. 

• Present new initiatives to enhance communication and coordination between NTD programmes across Africa.

• Introduce new platforms and resources put in place to improve in-country capacities to monitor progress towards the control and elimination of PC-NTDs and to guide NTD programmes to design their future workplans.

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