ASCEND: Contract award for LF MDA and Morbidity Mapping

Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of NTDs (ASCEND) is an investment from the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to advance the impact and sustainability of national programme's tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). ASCEND in South Asia, East and Southern Africa is implemented by a consortium of technical partners led by Crown Agents. Under the ASCEND programme, Crown Agents has awarded a subcontract to an Implementing Partner (IP) to provide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) and Morbidity Mapping for the treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), covering sixty-nine districts in nine of the ten regions of Zambia.