Events

This session is titled “Designing and Implementing Sustainable Behaviour Change Interventions”. This webinar was recorded on June 16, 2022 at 10 am EST and was iCHORDS’ first ever Knowledge Café. To ...

This session is titled “Using Rapid Qualitative Assessments to Improve Mass Drug Administration”. This webinar was recorded on July 21, 2022 at 10 am EST. To view the recording, click here: https://youtu.b...

This session is titled “Photovoice: Experiences of People Living With Diseases of Poverty in Ghana”. It took place on September 22, 2022 at 10 am EST. A recording of this session is unavailable. Session to...

This session is titled “Developing Drama to promote screening for Female Genital Schistosomiasis.” This webinar took place on November 17, 2022 at 10 am EST. A recording of this session is not available. S...

This session was recorded on Thursday, January 19th, 2023 from 10:00 – 11:00 am (EST). View the recording here: https://youtu.be/l5s52xYGths Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, and it is m...

iCHORDS will be hosting a Knowledge Exchange Café on Thursday, February 16th, 2023 from 10:00-11:00am (EST) Following the call of the WHO NTD Roadmap 2030 for NTD integration approaches, and the recommendations of the...

iCHORDS will be hosting a Knowledge Exchange Café on Thursday, March 16th, 2023 from 10:00-11:00am (EST) This presentation highlights the process of establishing and managing Kikundi – a community of practice for NTD ...

iCHORDS will be hosting a Knowledge Exchange Café on Thursday, April 20th, 10:00-11:00 am (EST). This presentation describes an implementation science study embedded within the DeWorm3 Project, a hybrid clinical trial...

Join us this June 15th, 2023 from 10:00-11:00am EST for our knowledge exchange café that will address the use of secondary data in social research: a discussion on ethical, scientific and procedural considerations. Ou...

Join us on July 13th from 10:00-11:00am EST to learn about Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention in Lymphatic Filariasis. Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UBgD_rEFTw Session topic: W...

This event has already taken place. You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27MlXzvRbw Session topic: Accelerating Onchocerciasis Elimination in Mali – Towards High Coverage and Acceptabilit...

This event has already happened. Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOrUJBvcRlc Session description: Podoconiosis, one of the neglected tropical diseases that affects barefoot walkers. It result...

This session has already occurred. You can watch the recording here: https://youtu.be/6AQfjRwYwT4 Session description: We have the opportunity to enhance participation within the design and delivery of services focusi...

Watch the session recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPxHzSJLaL0 Session topic: This presentation is based on an article published with several colleagues in December 2022 (Kazeem Arogundade, Kruti Patel,...

Session title: What can citizen science do for snail-borne disease control? Lessons learned from Uganda. This session was recorded Thursday March 21 2024. Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYWO...

This session is titled “One Health approach to combatting zoonotic diseases”. This webinar was recorded on October 21, 2024 at 10 am EST. To view the recording, click here: https://youtu.be/y5wvMFxBtdE?si=...

This session is titled “Never Treated Populations: A Deep Dive Into Insights from Africa.” This webinar was recorded on December 10, 2024 at 10 am EST. To view the recording, click here: https://youtu.be/N...

Session speakers:  Our guest speakers will delve into supporting the Lymphatic Filariasis mass drug administration, with a focus on identifying hard-to-reach populations and finding effective ways to integrate them in...

Join iCHORDS on Friday May 9, 10 am EST for a webinar on “Sharing principles: Persons affected by NTDs in operational research”. 🗣️ Session description: WHO SKIN NTDs Operational Research Working Group sub...

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1336212139479?aff=oddtdtcreator Session details This session will focus on highlighting the iDARE methodology, created by Dr. Taroub Faramand. The iDARE (Identify, Design, Ap...

Join iCHORDS on Wednesday Sep 3, 10 am EST for a Zoom webinar on “Insights into Lymphatic Filariasis elimination efforts in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda”. 🗣️ Session description:  The webinar will focus on sharing ...

Join iCHORDS as we discuss our 2025 achievements and delve into upcoming activities for 2026. Watch the recording here.

Dr. Angelia Sanders presents a toolkit for program implementation in difficult operating environments with lessons from trachoma program. Webinar description: Indigenous, nomadic and displaced populations impact progr...

📢 iCHORDS is hiring! iCHORDS is seeking a regional community of practice manager to oversee and support three university chapters across Africa and the subsequent development of the regional chapter. This role will b...

Session description: Women remain significantly underrepresented in global health leadership. This gap contributes to blind spots in data, program design, and service delivery, reinforcing inequities in access and out...

This KC draws on lessons from the Pacific region to highlight how integrated approaches can strengthen NTD programs. This Knowledge Café aims to facilitate cross-regional learning on how integrated approaches can stre...

In 2026, iCHORDS plans to establish chapters within universities in Africa to support activities related to iCHORDS’ mission – to support social and behavioural research for neglected tropical diseases (NT...

Applications are now open for the 2026 Disease Elimination & Eradication Course (DEEC), delivered by GLIDE in collaboration with the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and The Carter Center. Before the appl...

This Knowledge Cafe will showcase the use of a new methodology to engage schoolchildren in NTD participatory research. The objectives of this KC includes: 1) To introduce the “Draw, Write and Tell” methodo...