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  As part of collaborative arrangements to end Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2020, Children Without Worms (CWW), a program of the Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, USA in collaboration with the Blantyre Institute for Community Outreach (BICO), is looking to partner with the Malawi Ministry of Health Neglected Tropical Disease Program and other implementing partners to provide Financial and Technical support to their Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) control program from 2023 onwards. For this reason, CWW and BICO held a one-day engagement meeting with MOH Neglected diseases program managers and supporting partners at BICO offices in Blantyre on Tuesday 1st August 2023. The aim was to identify gaps for STH control, which can be supported by CWW.

Blantyre Institute for Community Outreach (BICO) organized an advocacy planning workshop on February 13, 2023, at Bridge View Hotel in Lilongwe. The meeting brought together stakeholders including officials from the Ministry of Health, the Association of People with Albinism (APAM), the Ministry of Education, Kamuzu Central Hospital’s Eye Department, Beyond Sun Care, and the media. The main goal of the workshop was to train Persons with Albinism on understanding visual impairment and the use of assistive low vision devices to enhance their vision.

i am very happy, now i have my sight back, thanks to BICO" #Child Blindness Project Right to Sight for all.

BICO is currently implementing the #Deworm3 study sample collection in Namwera. Enumerators are expected to collect over 20,000 samples from individuals in both the intervention and control clusters. #eliminatingSTH

BICO with support from the OUI Inc in Japan is giving free glasses to all the Needy across it's clinics in Malawi (Blantyre, Zomba, Mangochi and Mzuzu). #Giving is not just about making a donation, it is about making a difference!

As part of the 2019 Deworm3 activities, Mass drug administration was conducted immediately after Census Update (CE2). This is a bi-annual activity involving the distribution of drugs to residents within the study area. Drugs are given out in the intervention arm of the study while the control arm is left untreated so as to compare the findings from both arms of the study at a later stage.