7th Meeting of the GTFCC Working Group on WASH

March 9 - 10, 2022, Hybrid Event - Virtual & Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)

Summary

The 7th Meeting of the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC) Working Group on WASH will be held from March 9-10, 2022.

Objectives

  • Review, further develop and validate the WASH Working Group workplan 2022+;
  • Update members of the Working Group on the 10 workstreams, and discuss the priority areas of work which members wants to prioritise in the next years;
  • Showcase relevant activities developed in countries as well as at global level;
  • Foster exchange of information and identification of potential areas of collaboration among the Working Group members and GTFCC partners.

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Resources

09:10 - 09:20

WaterAid opening and role as GTFCC WASH WG chair

Tim Wainwright, CEO (WaterAid UK)

09:30 - 10:00

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 1: WASH data

Justine Haag, WASH Focal Point (GTFCC Secretariat / WHO)

10:00 - 10:30

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 2: WASH in NCPs

Christophe Valingot, WASH and Epidemiology Consultant (IFRC)

11:00 - 11:30

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 3: WASH and OCV

Malika Bouhenia, OCV Focal Point (GTFCC Secretariat / WHO)

11:30 - 12:00

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 4: WASH Advocacy

Megan Wilson Jones, Senior Policy Analyst Health and Hygiene (WaterAid)

12:00 - 12:30

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 5: WASH Research

Dr. Daniele Lantagne, Professor of Community Health, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Tufts University), Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Research Associate, (John Hopkins University) & Ruwan Ratnayake, Epidemiologist (LSHTM), Tom Handzel, Epidemiologist & WASH Team Lead (US CDC)

13:30 - 14:00

Humanitarian Development Nexus and WASH Roadmap

Marc-André Bünzli, Head of WASH Expert Group (SDC-SHA) and Thilo Panzerbieter, Executive Director (GTO)

14:00 - 14:45

IFRC preparedness, early detection, and response to contain cholera outbreaks in Africa

Chris Brewer, Africa Cholera Coordinator (IFRC)

15:30 - 16:00

WASH assessment in cholera hotspots to support the development of NCPS: development of FACET tool

Thomas Mollet, CSP Coordinator (GTFCC-CSP/IFRC), Christophe Valingot, WASH and Epidemiol-ogy Consultant (IFRC), Ryan Schweitzer (US CDC), Pierre-Yves Oger (UNICEF)

16:00 - 16:30

WaterAid programmatic input

Absul-Nashiru Mohammed, Regional Director for West Africa (WaterAid)

09:15 - 9:45

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 6: WASH capacity and training

Dr. Claudio Valsangiacomo, Head of the Center for Development and Cooperation (SUPSI/SDC-SHA)

09:45 - 10:15

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 7: Case studies

Christophe Valingot, WASH and Epidemiology Consultant (IFRC)

10:45 - 11:15

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 8: Hygiene and food safety

Alex Machado, WASH in Public Health Senior Officer (IFRC)

11:15 - 11:45

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 9: Water Safety Plans and Water Quality Management

Justine Haag, WASH Focal Point (GTFCC Secretariat/WHO)

11:45 - 12:15

WASH WG WP 2022, work stream 10: WASH and IPC

Dr. Nurullah Awal, GTFCC WASH WG Chair (WaterAid)

12:15 - 12:30

WASH WG Work Plan 2022: Recap and next steps

Justine Haag, WASH Focal Point (GTFCC Secretariat/WHO)

14:00 - 14:20

Showcase of WASH activities implemented in Bangladesh to support cholera control

Dr. Aninda Rahman & Dr. Md. Nazmul Islam (Ministry of Health)

14:20 - 14:40

Showcase of WASH activities implemented in Cameroun to support cholera control

Kamsou-loum Elhadji Hachimi (Ministry of Health)

14:40 - 15:00

Showcase of WASH activities implemented in DRC to support cholera control

Benjamin Kwengani Mavard, Ministry of Health (PNECHOL)

15:30 - 15:50

Showcase of WASH activities implemented in Mozambique to support cholera control

Gianluca Guidotti, Humanitarian Coordinator (SDC) & Gaoussou Diakité (SolidarMed / Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation)

15:50 - 16:10

Showcase of WASH activities implemented in Nigeria to support cholera control

Dr. Hassan Muntari (NCDC) and Olu-Daniels Ibiyemi (MoH)

16:10 - 16:30

Showcase of WASH activities implemented in Togo to support cholera control

Ouyi Tante (MoH)

16:30 - 16:50

Baseline WASH assessments in cholera hotspots in Zanzibar

Tom Handzel, Epidemiologist and WASH Team Lead (US CDC)

16:50 - 17:00

Closing day 2

Dr. Philippe Barboza, Head of GTFCC-Secretariat Cholera Team Lead (GTFCC/WHO)