{"id":18356,"date":"2026-02-24T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/?p=18356"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:43:08","slug":"kikundi-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntd-community-of-practice-members-convene-in-togo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2026\/02\/24\/kikundi-neglected-tropical-diseases-ntd-community-of-practice-members-convene-in-togo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kikundi Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Community of Practice members convene in Togo"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n

Kikundi members include government health officials from multiple African countries, who convened in Togo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/center>In late January, Kikundi members convened in Lom\u00e9, Togo for a five-day site visit and strategic mid-review workshop focused on strengthening the sustainability of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programs through integration, advocacy, and domestic resource mobilization. Kikundi, meaning \u201cgroup\u201d in Kiswahili, is a community of practice for NTD Program Managers across Africa that aims to foster connection among Program Managers, and ultimately help them in achieving national and global NTD elimination benchmarks.<\/p>\n

Dr. Koko Marin WOTOBE, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, officially opened the visit, which underscored Togo\u2019s commitment of leadership in NTD program integration.<\/p>\n

The participants explored real-world approaches to integrating NTD services within health systems, sharing lessons across countries, and co-developing a roadmap for Kikundi\u2019s long-term impact. \u00a0Lincoln Pothan, Global WACh Data Manager & Analyst, was among the participants and contributed to the cross-country collaboration.<\/p>\n

Follow Kikundi on LinkedIn to stay informed of their incredible work.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In late January, Kikundi members convened in Lom\u00e9, Togo for a five-day site visit and strategic mid-review workshop focused on strengthening the sustainability of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programs through integration, advocacy, and domestic resource mobilization. Kikundi, meaning \u201cgroup\u201d in Kiswahili, is a community of practice for NTD Program Managers across Africa that aims to…<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gut-health-and-child-survival","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18359,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18356\/revisions\/18359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}