Employee Spotlight: Irene Chami
Our “Employee Spotlight” series profiles employees at the END Fund.…
Our “Employee Spotlight” series profiles employees at the END Fund.…
My name is Yak Yak Bol and I used to evacuate the wounded.…
By Henry Rosenbloom In the serene villages of Nkalo and Maone in Southern Malawi, Sheikh Yusuf – an elder in the community – goes door-to-door delivering medication for river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis.…
Founding CEO of the END Fund Announces Plan to Step Down in 2024; Leadership Transition Plan Underway Date: March 1, 2024 Media contact: Victoria Miguda |…
Dear END Fund friends, partners, and supporters, I’m reaching out to share some personal news.…
Trachoma is the leading cause of blindness due to infection worldwide.…
Visceral leishmaniasis (also known as black fever or kala-azar) began to spread in the South Omo Valley of Ethiopia putting the hospital system on the brink Due to the fast action by the Federal Ministry of Health and its partners, the outbreak was contained, saving hundreds of lives The South Omo Valley has been experiencing… …
The END Fund, WHO, and Reaching the Last Mile Convene Partners at United Nations Headquarters to Unite on World NTD Day Global health, government, industry, and civil society leaders marked World NTD Day by celebrating progress against WHO’s 2030 roadmap; called for collective action to end NTDs.…
My name is Florence Wakesho, I am from Kenya. I am currently a Medical Parasitologist at the Ministry of Health in Kenya, under the Neglected Tropical Diseases unit within the Vector Borne Disease Prevention Department.…
The Reaching the Last Mile Fund (RLMF) will expand its disease elimination program for lymphatic filariasis (LF) and river blindness, the world’s 4th leading cause of preventable blindness, from 11 countries to 39 countries after partners pledged more resources in the effort to end these two debilitating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).…