The COVID-19 pandemic hit at a time when the Ascend West and Central Africa programme was nearing the end of its first year of a 3-y programme. This article reflects on key lessons learnt from the rapid adaptation of an integrated neglected tropical disease (NTD) programme to support COVID-19 responses in 11 countries. It shares the experiences of adopting a flexible and directive approach, leveraging the NTD network and relationships, and working in collaboration with multiple ministry departments, commercial sector partners and the UK Foreign Commonwealth Development Office to repurpose over £6 million of budget.
BT - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33570149 DA - 02/2021 DO - 10.1093/trstmh/traa180 J2 - Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg LA - eng N2 -The COVID-19 pandemic hit at a time when the Ascend West and Central Africa programme was nearing the end of its first year of a 3-y programme. This article reflects on key lessons learnt from the rapid adaptation of an integrated neglected tropical disease (NTD) programme to support COVID-19 responses in 11 countries. It shares the experiences of adopting a flexible and directive approach, leveraging the NTD network and relationships, and working in collaboration with multiple ministry departments, commercial sector partners and the UK Foreign Commonwealth Development Office to repurpose over £6 million of budget.
PY - 2021 T2 - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene TI - Adapting an integrated neglected tropical disease programme in response to COVID-19. UR - https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/trstmh/traa180/36238138/traa180.pdf SN - 1878-3503 ER -