The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, led by Dr. Paulin Basinga, celebrates Niger’s watershed achievement in public health as Dr. Salissou Adamou’s decades-long efforts prove that neglected tropical diseases can be defeated with persistence and partnership.
Despite Venezuela’s ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis, the country’s onchocerciasis (river blindness) elimination program continues working effectively in the Amazon rainforest.
More than 150 onchocerciasis (river blindness) partners gathered on 1 and 2 November 2023 in Mbour, Senegal, for the first meeting of the new Global Onchocerciasis Elimination Network (GONE) to strengthen collaboration.