Results of the First Global NGO Deworming Inventory

CORE Spring MeetingMay 11, 2011

Outline

• Objectives of Inventory• Key Findings of Inventory• Recommendations and Conclusions of

WHO Working Group• Future of Inventory

Why an Inventory?• WHA Resolution 54.19 target: 75% of all at-

risk school-age children to be regularly treated for helminthes by 2010

• 2008 estimates: 101.2 million SAC treated (11.4% of target population)

• How accurate is this estimate? – Are we not treating enough children? – Do we not have information of all treatment

activities?

Global NGO Deworming Inventory

Purpose: Inform the most effective strategy to achieve WHA goal by collating data on global NGO deworming activities into a single, reliable database

Objectives: 1.Enumerate the extent and scope of NGO deworming

activities (STH, LF, Schistosomiasis) worldwide2.Provide an informed estimation of treatment doses

allocated to assess the unmet need for deworming3.Provide a platform for information sharing between

deworming programs

ApproachEffective Communications

Global NGO Deworming website: http://www.deworminginventory.org/

Data Use and Sharing Policy

Frequently Asked Questions sheet

Informational flier

Partnership Building Collaboration with Deworm the World & SCI

Collaboration with InterAction and CORE

Cost Effective and Efficient Data Collection

Online search for NGO deworming activities

Treatment reporting form and guidelines, which were piloted

Information Sharing Aggregate treatment reports

2009 Inventory Results

Number of Treatments Donated by NGOs(127.9 million)

Unique Treatments Captured by the Inventory(20.8 million)

Summary of Treatment Data Reported to Inventory

Conclusions of WHO Working Group

• Inventory was useful in that it:– Identified the scale of the deworming activities

carried out by NGOs– Contributed treatment data to the PCT Databank– Provides a forum for coordinating NGO

deworming activities

Recommendations ofWHO Working Group

1. Inventory should be continued, and NGOs need to be encouraged to participate in the Inventory and record treatment data

2. WHO should send letters to WHO focal points and Ministries of Health, informing them of the results of the Inventory and encouraging them to collaborate with NGO implementing deworming activities in their country

3. CWW should survey NGOs that did not participate to determine how to increase future participation

Future of the Inventory

• How can we make the Inventory more useful to the NGOs?