Context
To prevent, control, and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, it is essential that health actions are integrated, sustainable, and designed with a people and community-centered focus, respecting diverse ways of life.
On World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025, under the theme: Involving Communities: A Hands-On Approach to Neglected Diseases, ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ calls on governments, health workers, cooperation agencies, and community and civil organizations to unite and take action to eliminate these infections.
This event will have simultaneous translation into Spanish, English, Portuguese and French.
10:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Preliminary Agenda
10:30 - 10:45
Opening and Welcoming
10:45 – 11:05
First-person experience of a patient affected by Hansen's disease
11:05 – 11:10
The trachoma initiative as a platform to bring comprehensive health care to remote communities in Latin America and the Caribbean
11:10 - 11:30
Alliances and collaboration in the approach to NTDs. Challenges and opportunities
11:30 – 11:50
The importance of the One Health approach to the control and elimination of NTDs
11:50 – 11:55
The elimination of communicable diseases: an achievable challenge in the Americas
11:55 - 12:00
Closing Remarks
Time Correspondence
- 09:30 am - Central America and Mexico
- 10:30 pm - Colombia, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, U.S.A. (Washington DC)
- 11:30 pm - Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia
- 12:30 pm - Brazil (Brasilia), Suriname, French Guiana
For other cities, check the local time