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Focus Area:
Neglected Tropical Diseases

We succeed when onchocerciasis, trachoma, and lymphatic filariasis are eliminated in at least three African countries, and when countries are on a pathway towards sustained control or elimination of other NTDs.

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Africa

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Africa

Co-funding initiative with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Virgin Unite, and an anonymous donor: Project support to 1) make progress towards trachoma elimination in 14 African countries via an integrated NTD program and 2) conduct an RCT to reduce child mortality and inform trachoma elimination strategies

Africa

Uganda

The Carter Center

Uganda

Project support to eliminate river blindness in an area bordering South Sudan

Uganda

Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda

The END Fund

Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda

Project support to test and treat approximately 11,000 people suffering from visceral leishmaniasis per year

Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe

The END Fund

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe

Project support to eliminate transmission of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Sudan

The END Fund

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Sudan

Project support for the Accelerate Resilient, Innovative, and Sustainable Elimination of NTDs-2 (ARISE-2) program, aiming to accelerate the elimination of onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths, and trachoma

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Sudan

Focus Area: Neglected Tropical Diseases

We succeed when onchocerciasis, trachoma, and lymphatic filariasis are eliminated in at least three African countries, and when countries are on a pathway towards sustained control or elimination of other NTDs.

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Focus Area:
Neglected Tropical Diseases