Today, during the Reaching the Last Mile Forum high-level moment, USAID reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate the end of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis in Africa and welcomed Continue Reading Enhanced Support for Ending River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis in Africa
Health care researchers working in a laboratory prepare a slide on a microscope. Credit: Vic Josh (licensed) On October 26, 2023, the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Ending Neglected Diseases through Operational Research project was posted on Grants.gov. Thank you for your interest in USAID's Neglected Tropical Diseases
See the original story on USAID's website. I am just glad it's gone. “If it hurt too much, I stayed home. It hurt so much I couldn’t walk or go anywhere. It got to the point where I could only cry.” - Mr. Bounsom Lokxayyalueb recalled his painful experience living with lymphatic filariasis.
USAID is pleased to congratulate the Lao People's Democratic Republic for eliminating the disease lymphatic filariasis (LF). The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the successful elimination of LF, a painful and disabling neglected tropical disease, as a public health problem. LF is a parasitic, mosquito-borne disease transmitted to humans and endemic
This World Sight Day, in loving memory of Aryc W. Mosher, we are celebrating his accomplishments and the transformative progress made to date to eliminate trachoma. Continue Reading USAID’s Champion for Change: Remembering Aryc W. Mosher
Join us Virtually to Discuss NTD Progress, Challenges, & Learning You are invited to join the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at For All to Thrive: NTD Progress, Challenges, and Learning, a global event organized by USAID’s Act to End NTDs | East and Act to End NTDs | West programs.
Six new grant recipients were named for research aimed at solving trachoma elimination challenges. Continue Reading Research to Solve Trachoma Elimination Challenges to Begin
Following decades of health interventions supported by USAID, the World Health Organization officially validated three new countries as having eliminated disabling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Continue Reading Join us in Tanzania to Discuss NTD Progress, Challenges, & Learning
Following decades of health interventions supported by USAID, the World Health Organization officially validated three new countries as having eliminated disabling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Continue Reading Three USAID-Supported Countries Successfully Eliminate Disabling Neglected Tropical Diseases
The World Health Organization announced Bangladesh has successfully eliminated lymphatic filariasis, a disabling and life-altering disease, as a public health problem. Continue Reading Leading Disabling, Infectious Disease Eliminated in Bangladesh