Guide to Improving MDA Using Qualitative Methods Appendix 1: Potential Themes for Qualitative Assessment
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s 2030 NTD Road map advocates for greater domestic ownership, mainstreaming, and integration of NTD programs, which in turn requires more capacity strengthening in the short term. This guide addresses one critical gap of the availability of resources to support the use of qualitative methods to strengthen MDA through a six […]
Guide to Improving MDA Using Qualitative Methods
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s 2030 NTD Road map advocates for greater domestic ownership, mainstreaming, and integration of NTD programs, which in turn requires more capacity strengthening in the short term. This guide addresses one critical gap of the availability of resources to support the use of qualitative methods to strengthen MDA through a six […]
Guideline for use of narrative survey instruments
The purpose of these guidelines is to introduce the following: The concept of narratives and how they can be a valuable tool in understanding people’s health behaviours in the context of NTD control and elimination as well as in other programmes; • Why building partnerships for this research is so important and some of the […]
The Community Drug Distributor’s Role-Play Guide
A focus area created under iCHORDS Community of Practice has been working since February 2021 to develop deliverables that could strengthen and support the training of community drug distributors (CDDs) working in neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs. Specifically, the team developed role-plays that can be used during training sessions to help CDDs navigate the complex […]
Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030
Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021−2030 was prepared through an extensive global consultation pursuant to decision EB146(9) of the Executive Board at its 146th session in February 2020 that culminated in the endorsement of the document by the Seventy-third World Health Assembly in November 2020. […]