In 2014, student Annie Liang stumbled on an empty side-event room for mycetoma at the World Health Assembly. Her team’s award-winning pitch sparked a reporting series that helped drive mycetoma onto WHO’s neglected disease list by 2016. From DNDi
Vaccines can prevent disease outbreaks now and in the future. From UNICEF
When Sudan’s war shattered medical supply chains, patients with hemophilia, diabetes, and kidney disease began dying for lack of specialty medicines. Direct Relief, working with MedGlobal and other partners, is delivering clotting factor, insulin, dialysis support, and more to reach these neglected patients.
As Sudan’s civil war passes 1,000 days, a Chicago surgeon working with MedGlobal describes operating on children wounded by drone strikes and encountering suffering that rivals any conflict zone he has seen.
In the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, 26,000 Sudanese volunteers risk torture and death to deliver food and medical care to millions. Their grassroots network has become a lifeline, and a target.