The Third meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) took place on 30 June −1 July 2010 at World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
3 Working Groups preceded the STAG meeting:
Monday, 28 June: Global Working Group on Monitoring of Anthelminthic Drug Efficacy (WG MDE)
Monday, 28 June: Global Working Group on Access to Assured-Quality, Essential Medicines for NTDs (WGA)
Tuesday 29 June: Global Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation of Preventive Chemotherapy Interventions (WG M&E)
Wednesday 30 June and Thursday 1 July: STAG meeting
The STAG is the principal advisory group to WHO for the control of NTDs
and reports directly to the Director-General of WHO. It has the mandate
of advising WHO on overall global policies and strategies, ranging from
monitoring implementation to delivery and linkages with other health
interventions. Its remit is to facilitate and monitor the coverage of
interventions for the control of NTDs and to provide WHO with high
quality, well considered advice and recommendations on matters described
in its terms of reference.