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Working Together to Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases

Simon Bush | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Visually Impaired, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Pharmaceutical Industry, Poverty, International Development, Blindness, Disease, Health, Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Bank, Ntds, Washington DC, Disability, Ngos, UK Impact, UK News
Simon Bush

The goal? To tackle a group of 17 infectious diseases that between them, affect over 1.4 billion of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.

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Empowering Communities to Make Their Own Difference

Simon Bush | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Ntds, River Blindness, Blindness, Sightsavers, New Research, UK Impact, Medicine, Mectizan, UK News
Simon Bush

Picture the scene. There's a knock at the door - it's your neighbour. He's holding a long colourfully painted stick and a notebook and he's asking you to stand still while he measures you so he can give you the correct dose of a drug he's carrying. Would you take it?

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