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Plus in September 2021. The project aimed at organizational capacity building for women led Non-governmental organizations in Kogi and elsewhere. 3 were selected from Kogi and 4 from Kaduna state under our project managers. The initial capacity profile assessment showed an average baseline of 34% and 44% respectively for both states with the minimum and maximum of 15% and 47% respectively. • Seventeen plus provided trainings, mentorship and collaboration on 7 programme areas assessed. In the […]

• The project focused on interview of persons in the transgender community in Abuja, seeking to expose the struggles of stigma and discrimination faced by these groups and seek recommendations from them on integration. • Seventeen plus foundation mobilized a number of these community members using ingenious means and interviewed 8 persons, 7 females and 1 male at the time of interview. • We realized a diverse, hidden and neglected group of persons whose voice may […]

PHOTO SPLASH FROM THE JUST CONCLUDED 21ST NTD STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING “I am an accountant by training. When I heard of NTDs, what came to my mind was Leprosy and other similar diseases, I just knew now that it is beyond that…I know a number of persons in my village who are still suffering .… I pledge my support for NTDs from now on.” – Alhaji A. M. Abdullahi, Permanent Secretary, FMOH “I am an old […]

NORTH-WEST ZONAL NTD REVIEW MEETING GETS CONCLUDED, NOVEMBER 2018 The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Division of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), with support from Development Alternative Incorporation (DAI) Global Health, organized a 3-day review meeting last weekend for the North-Western (NW) zone. Participants at the meeting include the FMoH NTD National Coordinator; represented by the Programme Manager, Onchocerciasis/Lymphatic Filariasis; the Heads of Monitoring & Evaluation, and Supply Chain Management units, NTD NW Acting Zonal Coordinator […]

This week, the South – West zone held its zonal review meeting to assess the extent of implementation of NTD activities in 2018 as well as the treatment data and medicine consumption. The participants at the meeting include the NTD National Coordinator, FMOH program officers, the Zonal Coordinator and staff, NTDs State Coordinators and data managers from the 6 (six) States in the zone (Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States); NGDO representatives from RTI/ENVISION, […]

This week, the North-Central zone held its zonal review meeting to assess the extent of implementation of NTD activities in 2018 as well as the treatment data for all the states in the zone. Some of the participants at the meeting include the NTD National Coordinator, the LF National Program Manager, the Head of Monitoring and Evaluation unit of the FMOH, the Supply Chain Management Focal person; the North-Central Zonal Coordinator and staff, the State coordinators […]

SOUTH-WEST NTD OFFICE HOSTS AGM OF FEDERAL PARASTATALS IN ONDO STATE The South-West NTD zonal office, this week, hosted the Annual General Meeting of the Ondo State chapter of Federal parastatals in Nigeria. During this meeting, the SW NTD Zonal office highlighted their achievements so far. These include improved geographic and therapeutic coverages for NTD treatment across the SW states and significant reduction in the burden of worm infestation among children, among others. UPDATE: ONCHOCERCIASIS/LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS […]

KADUNA STATE NTD PROGRAMME HOLDS SPECIAL ADVOCACY EVENT, NOVEMBER 2018 Kaduna State NTD Programme held a special advocacy event on the 12th of November, 2018. In attendance were, the Chairman of the State Assembly Committee on Health, Directors from line ministries and agencies, private companies, the academia, representative of the NTD National Coordinator, NGDO partners, the NTD Northwest Coordinator, the Chairlady of Kaduna State Civil Society Organization Coalition, representative of Gbagyi Chiefdom and the media. The […]

ONDO STATE CONCLUDES 2018 ONCHOCERCIASIS/LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS MAM IN RIVERINE LGAs Onchocerciasis/Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Administration of Medicines in the riverine LGAs of Ondo State got concluded this week. These LGAs include Ilaje and Ese Odo. MITOSATH is the supporting partner for this activity. EKITI STATE BEGINS MAM PREPARATION WITH MICROPLANNING MEETING This week, a state level microplanning meeting was held in Ekiti State towards a soon-to-be-implemented Onchocerciasis/Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Administration of Medicines in the state. The South […]