WASHing away blinding trachoma
Trachoma is an infectious eye disease that is one of the world’s leading causes of preventable blindness.
It is one of 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect more than 1 billion of the world’s poorest people. Yet we have the tools to prevent transmission of trachoma, and to eliminate blinding trachoma by 2020.
Improved access to safe water and adequate sanitation, and the implementation of good hygiene practices, are essential for trachoma prevention and control.
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Neglected tropical diseases
Collaboration is key: lessons from the World Water Forum
Sightsavers’ Salimata Bocoum shares learnings, actions and reflections from the World Water Forum, where the importance of working together to fight neglected tropical diseases was a key theme.
Sightsavers partnership aims to research the impact of climate change on NTDs
Sightsavers and the Walker Institute will explore different climate change scenarios to predict areas that will be most affected by neglected tropical diseases in the future.
“Women can go further than they’re made to believe”
Pelagie is an entomologist who’s paving the way for more women to lead in the fight against neglected tropical diseases.
