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January 30, 2025 08:40 ET | Source: Mectizan Donation Program

Niger becomes the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the transmission of onchocerciasis

The Mectizan Donation Program congratulates Niger for achieving the elimination of river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis.
November 12, 2024 10:00 ET | Source: Mectizan Donation Program

Timor-Leste eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

The Mectizan Donation Program congratulates Timor-Leste for achieving verification of elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.
January 24, 2024 05:05 ET | Source: Belle.ai

Fighting leprosy with artificial intelligence: DAHW and Belle.ai join forces with Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Social Action to detect and combat neglected diseases

DAHW, Belle.ai and Senegal's Ministry of Health will deploy Belle.ai’s smartphone-based skin AI software to help Senegal eliminate leprosy by 2030.
January 29, 2021 03:00 ET | Source: Reaching the Last Mile

January 30th to Mark the Second Annual World NTD Day

Annual day designed to raise awareness and engage the general public in the urgent effort to #BeatNTDsFollowing a year of unprecedented global health awareness due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the day...
July 10, 2018 08:00 ET | Source: Morgridge Institute for Research

Finding a weak link in the frightful parasite Schistosoma

Madison, Wis., July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The parasitic disease schistosomiasis is one of the developing world’s worst public health scourges, affecting hundreds of millions of people, yet...
July 10, 2017 05:00 ET | Source: BCC Research

Tropical Diseases: Prevention, Care and Cure

Wellesley, Mass., July 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new BCC Research report examines a growing need for treatment of prevention of tropical diseases and the impact on medical research that is...
February 24, 2014 12:00 ET | Source: The END Fund

The END Fund Receives $7M Grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases in Angola

NEW YORK, New York, Feb. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The END Fund has announced a $7 million three-year grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust in support of efforts...