TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY REPORT FOR ESPEN SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES WHO COUNTRY OFFICE 2022
Background
In its mandate to assist countries towards the elimination of neglected tropical diseases amenable by preventive chemotherapy (PC-NTDs), the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of NTDs (ESPEN) has been supporting Ethiopia in scaling up and scaling down interventions notably by filling the gaps on Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaigns, supporting mapping/surveys for PC NTDs and facilitating the PC NTD drug donation through the Joint Application Package (JAP).
In 2022 workplan, the WHO country office had requested and obtained 475,935 USD from ESPEN to support MoH on various activities including quantification and importation of PC medicines for MDA, NTD managers training, conducting NTD annual review meeting and research symposium, conducting integrated supportive supervision for PC NTDs during and after MDA, cascading of woreda level toolkit on WASH NTD integration, conducting Data Quality Assessment (DQA) for PC NTDs, strengthening onchocerciasis regional laboratory and conducting onchocerciasis Post Treatment Surveillance (PTS).
