World NTD Day | Nepal 2025

Dear Colleagues, Peers & Partners,

We are delighted to welcome you to the World NTD Day 2025, a medical education event on neglected tropical diseases taking place online on January 30th, 2025.

Celebrated under the auspices of the Rare Skin Disease Nepal, World Health Organization (WHO) and esteemed Dermatological Societies from around the globe, this event is organized by Nepal and hosted on global-dermatology.com.

“Recognizing and Treating Neglected Tropical Diseases” underscores the critical importance of awareness, diagnosis, and effective management of NTDs. These diseases, often overlooked and under-resourced, have profound impacts on millions of lives, particularly in the world’s most vulnerable communities.

World NTD Day 2025 aims to bring together leading experts, healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocates to share the latest advancements, strategies, and collaborative efforts in the fight against these debilitating conditions.

Through comprehensive presentations, interactive workshops, and in-depth discussions, participants will gain invaluable insights into the innovative approaches and treatments that are making a difference in the field of dermatology.

Join us to World NTD Day 2025 – a day dedicated to learning, collaboration, and hope. Together, we can drive progress and ensure that no one is left behind in the pursuit of health and well-being.

Warm regards,

Dr Prajwal Pudasaini

World NTD Day 2025 | Nepal Organizing Committee

Celebrated under the auspice of:

• Rare Skin Disease Nepal
• Society of Dermatologist Venereologists and Leprologist of Nepal (SODVELON)
• World Health Organization (WHO) NTD Department
• International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS)
• Global Dermatology

Organizing Committee:

• Dr Prajwal Pudasaini (Civil Service Hospital of Nepal)
•  Dr Sagar GC (Civil Service Hospital of Nepal)
•  Dr Sushil Paudel (Civil Service Hospital of Nepal)
•  Dr Niraj Parajuli (National Academy of Medical Sciences)
•  Prof. Dr. Saraswoti Neupane Sharma (Gandaki Medical College and Teaching Hospital)
•  Dr Suwash Baral (Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal)
•  Dr Sunil Jaiswal (College of Medical Sciences, Nepal)
•  Dr Sadiksha Adhikari (Gandaki Medical College and Teaching Hospital)
•  Dr Prashanta Pudasaini (Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital)

Scientific Committee

• Prof Henry Lim (USA) Introductory speech
• Prof Jean Bolognia (USA) Chair
• Prof Hassan Galadari (DUBAI) Chair       
• Prof Nellie Konnikov (USA) Chair
• Prof Milos Nikolic (SERBIA) Chair
• Prof Mohammad Jafferany (USA) Chair + tentative talk
• Prof Antonio Torello (SPAIN) Chair
• Prof Ivonne Arellano MENDOZA Larva Migrans
• Dr Mohamad Goldust: AI in Skin NTDs (USA)
• Prof Alain Taieb: ISAD Open WHO course in AD on black skin (FRANCE)
• Prof Nejib Doss (ALGERIA) Chair + tentative talk
• Prof Tarun Narang: Beyond the list: Unrecognized NTDs in India (INDIA)   
• Prof Ibrahima Traore (Guinea): Chair + tentative talk
• Prof Abdul Ghani Kibbi- (LEBANON) Chair + tentative talk
• Prof Awatef Kelati- Dermoscopy in STDs (MOROCCO)
• Dr Matilde Lorizzo (SWITZERLAND) Chair 
• Prof Archana Singal (INDIA) Chair
• Prof Mahesh Shah (NEPAL) Chair + tentative talk
• Prof Julio Salas (MEXICO) Chair + tentative talk
• Prof Henry Foong: How to manage PIH in Asian Skin (MALAYSIA)
• Prof Alexandra Lesiak (POLAND) Chair- "New Perspectives in Alopecia Areata Treatment - From Literature to Own Experience" Dr Paweł Pietkiewicz: Dermatoscopy of Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Prof Joanna Narbutt (POLAND) Chair
• Dr Suwash Baral: Chair + Talk 
• Dr Ruri Pamela (INDONESIA) Chair
• Dr Patrick Huang (TAIWAN) Chair + tentative talk  
• Prof Asmahanne Suissi (TUNISIA) Chair + tentative talk
• Dr Charles Young (UK) Chair
• Prof Chirag Desai: Interesting Leprosy cases and clinical mimickers of Leprosy: How dermatopathology clinched the diagnosis (INDIA)
• Dr Marlous Grijsen: (NETHERLANDS) Chair + tentative talk
• Dr Ewan Langan (Lübeck, Germany) Editor In Chief of the Skin Health and Disease journal, by the BAD, Chair + Talk (overview of published articles on NTDs in Skin Health and Disease journal)