World Health Organization officials said Tuesday that “unprecedented progress” had been made in reducing the spread of neglected tropical diseases in some of the world’s poorest communities.
It’s not news that the poorest people on the planet suffer from diseases with simple and cheap treatments or cures. What may be less obvious is that the suffering persists in part because those offering treatments or cures can’t find those most in need
The Indian government is undertaking two major campaigns in the span of one month to protest hundreds of millions of…
Guest post by Katie Leach-Kemon, a policy translation specialist from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Nigerian…
What if you could treat a poor person in Africa to cure or prevent seven horrible afflictions – river blindness, hookworm, elephantiasis, trachoma, snail fever and two other parasitic worm diseases – for only 50 cents?