Some of the diseases, namely soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, and trachoma, can be controlled with preventive drug treatments, but reinfection can rapidly occur. Eliminating these ...

Prof. Bentwich was the first to deal with AIDS in Israel and has helped to eradicate diseases of poverty in Ethiopia by raising awareness about the importance of clean sanitation and hygiene.

They're called neglected diseases because diagnostics and treatments for them are overlooked by governments, pharmaceutical companies, and philanthropists. In Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) projects, ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Gedion Timothewos highlighted Ethiopia's commitment to the African Union Agenda 2063 both ...

Around 103 million people worldwide live in the endemic areas for the disease, nearly half in Ethiopia. Despite being in pain since childhood, Scheicho was initially reticent to undergo surgery ...