Objectives
The specific Objectives of the Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) NGDO Network and the Executive Group are:
- To increase the expansion and effectiveness of advocacy for neglected tropical disease control by giving NGDOs a unified voice at national and international levels on:
Comprehensive elimination and control programs
Community ownership/root in development
Strengthening health systems
- Facilitate the formation of partnerships among the group's members, at the international, regional, and national levels.
- To provide a mechanism allowing for coordination of NGDO activities at national and international levels to:
Avoid duplication of efforts;
Identify opportunities for synergy;
Track progress towards goals;
Identify operational research needs.
- To share technical updates, develop and uphold best practices, and contribute to WHO guidelines to:
Control and/or eliminate individual NTDs;
Integrate NTD activities;
Promote and support comprehensive NTD control and prevention programs;
Standardize systems and practices.
- To present the common interests and concerns of implementing NGDOs with a unified voice in mechanisms being established for the mobilization of implementation resources.
- Through our members, support the development and maintenance of national task forces of NTD endemic countries. Assist the task forces to:
Develop and implement national plans;
Identify gaps and coordinate strategies to meet implementation resource shortfalls.