Tagged: mass drug administration

  • January 29, 2024

    Navigating the path to neglected tropical disease elimination following a historic funding pledge

    Written by
    Achille Kabore, director, neglected tropical diseases, FHI 360
    Ernest Mensah, regional technical advisor, neglected tropical diseases, FHI 360
    Stephanie Palmer, technical advisor, neglected tropical diseases, FHI 360

    As 2023 came to a close, global donors joined together to pledge US$777.2 million to accelerate progress toward eliminating certain neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

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  • January 28, 2020

    Bringing neglected tropical diseases onto the world stage

    Written by
    Bolivar Pou, Senior Project Director, Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) | West, FHI 360
    Phayvieng Philakone, Country Director, Laos, FHI 360

    Can you imagine trying to provide for your family while sick with a disease that makes your eyelashes turn inward and painfully scratch your corneas with each blink? Or attending school when your skin itches nonstop because you are infected with worms? These are some of the challenges that people with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) face every day.

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