Special Projects

In addition to country-specific projects, Children Without Worms (CWW) implements projects centered around STH control at regional and international levels. These projects coordinate stakeholder efforts and identify and communicate best practices that promote comprehensive STH control.

Global NGO Deworming Inventory

Due to its relationships with numerous governmental and non-governmental that conduct deworming activities around the world, the World Health Organization requested that CWW plan and implement the Global NGO Deworming Inventory. This inventory collects data from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that conduct mass drug administrations to combat soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis (LF). View the web site that links to this important initiative. CWW encourages NGOs that perform deworming activities to visit the site and add their treatment numbers now!

Regional Technical Assistance Workshops

Each year, CWW facilitates regional Technical Assistance Workshops in Africa and Asia to promote best practices around STH control programs and develop a sense of community amongst those implementing the programs. This year's Technical Assistance Workshops focused on Advocacy and Resource Mobilization for comprehensive STH control.

Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Non-Government Development Organization (NGDO) Network

At this year's NGDO Network Meeting, September 21 and 22 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, CWW will convene the first Coordination Group Meeting for NGDOs working in STH and schistosomiasis control. The Coordination Group will promote strategic partnerships and coordinated advocacy amongst these NGDO programs to ensure comprehensive control of STH and schistosomiasis in accordance with WHA Resolution 54.19, which can be found in this page on the World Health Organization web site.