By Sabrina Pascoe, Associate, Programs and Greg Porter, Senior Associate, Communications United Front Against River Blindness (UFAR) has been treating communities for river blindness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2006. But now, it has repurposed its sprawling operations to take on the daunting challenge of stopping the spread of COVID-19 in a…
Kimberly Kamara, Associate Vice President of Programs & Claire Chaumont, Director of Program Evidence, Measurement, and Evaluation Coordination is the cornerstone of success in progress made to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The NTD community would not have been as successful as it has in the last decades if it wasn’t for the incredible global…
By James Porter and Maretta Silverman The END Fund works to end the five most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which together affect 1.7 billion people worldwide. A group of parasitic and bacterial diseases, NTDs trap people in the cycle of poverty and amongst children, infection leads to malnutrition, cognitive impairment, stunted growth, and the…
By Elyse Greenblatt, Associate, Progams The END Fund’s first grant from the COVID-19 Response Fund was to The NALA Foundation. This was our inaugural project with NALA. They have been working in Ethiopia since 2008 with the goal of eliminating diseases of poverty, specifically those related to limited access to clean water and sanitation. NALA’s…
By Warren Lancaster, Senior Vice President, Program My second blog in as many weeks – the current world situation makes you think. I have been reflecting not only on the emergency response to COVID-19 as I talked about in my last blog but also about the safe and effective delivery of neglected tropical disease (NTD)…
By Liya Assefa, Associate, Programs The END Fund has worked in Angola alongside the MENTOR Initiative since 2012, providing technical assistance to the National NTD Program at the Angolan Ministry of Health. Angola had its first suspected cases of COVID-19 in January 2020, with confirmed cases initially identified in late March. Subsequently, a state of…
By Elisa Baring, Senior Director, Public Affairs and Joy Ruwodo, Director, Public Affairs African First Ladies are organizing to provide coordination and guidance to help lead an effective response to COVID-19 across the continent. First Ladies can offer trusted advice and encouragement – leading by example and communicating clear, comprehensive directives, they can truly…
By: Warren Lancaster, Senior Vice President, Programs I am not a natural blogger as evidenced by the time that has passed since my last blog on our site. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it when I do write them as they tend to be fairly reflective. For a person who promotes what is called…
Dear END Fund Community, It is hard to believe that in just the last four weeks, the world has moved from 160,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases to now over 1.5 million. Each one of us has been touched personally in some way by this global pandemic, and we are far from having clarity on what the…
Dear END Fund Community, I hope you, your families, friends, and communities are safe and healthy. These are trying times for all of us, and nothing is more important than the wellbeing of those we hold close. At the END Fund, there are a number of ways COVID-19 is currently impacting us. As supporters of…
