Walking Together: The importance of community engagement to eliminate NTDs

In this new episode of Elimination Exchange, Professor Emilienne Epée, Chief of Service and focal point for NTD research at the Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon, reflects on the importance of community engagement, what it means in practice, and how meaningful community engagement can help achieve the WHO Roadmap on NTDs.

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These podcasts will be published approximately every two months and will feature interviews with experts in disease elimination and eradication from around the world.

If you are interested in learning more, please refer to the articles below:

• World Health Organization (2021). Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030.  https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240010352
• Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) https://espen.afro.who.int/countries/cameroon

*This episode was recorded in April 2022. Music and sound by Benoît Combreas.

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