NTDs around the world – Affected Voices
The next of the “NTDs Around the World” series is a special webinar since we will explore the perspective of community leaders with lived experience of neglected tropical diseases.
This time, the regional focus is wide covering experts from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Nepal. We invite you to an interactive session that leaves more time for a Q&A. Therefore, please bring curiousity and questions.
Speakers:
- Ms Amaka Stella Onyima-Esmai, National Coordinator of Resilience for Impact on Community Healthcare, Impact Group Nigeria
- Mr Brima Kpeh, Program Manager, National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy –Sierra Leone (NAPAL-SL)
- Mr Emmanuel Zaizay, Chairperson, Network for Persons Affected by NTDs Liberia (NEPA -NTDs LIBERIA)
- Ms Soniya Rajpot, Centre Incharge, Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center (MALC), Pakistan
- Mr Amar Bahadur Timalsina, Global Network Coordinator, IDEA International, Nepal
Keynote:
Anil Fastenau, MD, Global Health Advisor, German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW/GLRA)
Date: 3 December 2025
Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST), 4:00 PM Universal Time (UTC), 5:00 PM
Central European Time (CET), 6:00 PM Eastern African Time (EAT), 9:00 PM Pakistan
Standard Time (PKT), 9:30 PM Nepal Standard Time (NPT)
This webinar is supported by: Working Group NTD of the young German Society Tropical medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health
