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.…
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… …
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.…
As cases of a deadly disease, visceral leishmaniasis, continue to spread in small rural communities in areas of East Africa, Dr.…
Meet Evelyne Barry, a chameleon amongst the END Fund team.…
Utilizing images to convey the importance of taking medicine to treat schistosomiasis can increase community participation during mass drug administrations, according to a new study from Nigeria.…
One year ago, the international development community and other key stakeholders convened in Kigali, Rwanda to launch the historic Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).…