Willy Kamugisha’s “Accessible Sign Language Vision” trains health workers in Burundi to communicate with deaf patients, improving access to care and addressing challenges faced by the deaf community.
Gavi will provide additional funds to help reach all children in the Central African Republic.
Global immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives over the last 50 years. WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have played an important part in this achievement.
Leprosy is curable, but for many who have outlived their infection, the fear of discrimination prevents a return “home.”
Making a health care island of HIV control has held back efforts to catch and treat related illnesses, advocates say. That’s about to change.