In spring 2026, Carter Center Board Vice Chair C.D. Glin traveled to Ethiopia to visit communities affected by river blindness, learn about our work, and explore the impact of our various health programs.
“I’m changed as a result of this trip,” he said.
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Get to know Alex Arinaitwe, our river blindness program coordinator in Uganda! In our latest Meet Our Staff video, he tells us about his family, work goals, and all the different types of matoke he likes to eat. What’s matoke, you ask? Watch and find out!
🇹🇬Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene: Togo Launches a Post-Validation Surveillance Project for Lymphatic Filariasis
#beatNTDs #EliminateLF atop.tg/kloto-sante-...
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Kpalimé, 15 mai (ATOP) - Le ministère de la Santé, de l’Hygiène publique, de la Couverture sanitaire universelle et des
👏It was wonderful to see our film "Five Billion Mectizan Treatments…and Counting," produced by @cloud9medialdn.bsky.social, named a finalist in the Smiley Charity Film Awards this year! #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/mectiz...
Announcing the release of MDP’s Annual Highlights for 2025, a report of achievements of the Mectizan Donation Program in the past year. #beatNTDs #EliminateLF #StampOutOncho
https://mectizan.org/news_resources/2025-mectizan-donation-program-annual-highlights
The Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s biggest campaign to promote cause-based films. Nearly half a million members of the public have voted in the…
2025: Celebrating Five Billion Mectizan Treatments…and Counting This annual report publication summarizes the accomplishments of the Mectizan Donation Program and its partners in 2025. (À venir : ce d...
Welcome to Dr. Benoit Dembélé, who has joined the Mectizan Donation Program as Senior Program Officer. He will oversee Mectizan applications and the supply chain, and work with partners on strategies for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis elimination. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF #beatNTDs
🇼🇸 Samoa prepares for mass drug administration campaign to #eliminateLF #BeatNTDs samoaobserver.ws/category/sam...
Kudos to the multisectoral group of partners meeting recently to discuss how to #beatNTDs. 💬 Dr. Ngamije @who.int : "For countries entering the final mile, success will depend on integrated health systems, stronger cross-border collaboration, and reaching the most vulnerable and mobile populations.”
🇳🇬 In Nigeria's Oyo State, the campaign to eliminate river blindness is supported by Christian Blind Mission (CBM) working with the Oyo State Ministry of Health. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho www.cbm.org/news/news-ar...
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The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) has launched a two-week intensive training on qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus in blackflies at the Onchocerciasis Molecular Laboratory at EPHI. #StampOutOncho #beatNTDs ephi.gov.et/a-training-o...
A high-level meeting convened on 20 May on the margins of the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly brought together global and regional leaders, Member States, donors, partners and technical experts t...
Ministry of Health C.E.O. Leausa Dr. Take Naseri has clarified that there are criteria that a person who intends to take the mass drug administration (M.D.A.) for lymphatic filariasis has to meet.
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Nigeria is launching a mass drug campaign against river blindness to eliminate onchocerciasis by 2030 through ongoing treatment and community engagement.
