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19 representatives from 10 of the NTD Control Program's partner countries attended the August 17-21 Grantee Partner Meeting in Washington, D.C. Read further for conference highlights and partner feedback.
August 19, 2009
Program representatives from Haiti, Sierra Leone and Uganda spoke at a August 19 Global Health Council Roundtable event in Washington D.C., detailing specific accomplishments of their growing programs.
July 23, 2009
22 July 2009 - Drug studies are showing that treatment for onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, could help to eliminate this debilitating skin disease. River blindness affects 37 million people, mostly living in poor, rural African communities. (Jamie Guth from WHO reports.)
July 21, 2009
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND....At a meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) global partnership on eye disease — the Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by the Year 2020 (GET 2020) — Ghana, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia reported that they have reached the goal for eliminating blinding trachoma. Each country has also strengthened its health care system so it can deliver eye surgery for those in need.
July 20, 2009
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