🗓️Upcoming #GONE webinar - “Loiasis: a very neglected disease in Central Africa” on 4 December (in English and French) https://t.co/gIibiWwHRH

The DRC 🇨🇩 is moving steadily toward eliminating #LymphaticFilariasis and #trachoma. Working with partners, CBM is strengthening service delivery and building a health system that can sustain care long after elimination targets are met. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/KAzobF677s

MDP's Dr Yao Sodahlon presented the Pan American Health Organization with an award of distinction for leadership in the elimination of river blindness in the Americas. Drs. Aída Soto & Santiago Nicholls accepted the honor on behalf of @pahowho. #IACO #beatNTDs #CeroETDs #ZeroDTNs

The last remaining area of river blindness in the Americas lies among Yanomami indigenous communities along the border of Brazil and Venezuela. Commitment and determination will help achieve elimination of this disease in the Western Hemisphere. #beatNTDs #CeroETDs #ZeroDTNs

At #OEPA's XXXV InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis, we invited partners to celebrate 5️⃣ billion Mectizan treatments donated for elimination of river blindness and/or lymphatic filariasis. Success in the Americas proved it's an achievable goal #beatNTDs #CeroETDs #ZeroDTNs

In 2013 Colombia became the 1st country to eliminate river blindness followed by Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala. But 35,000 people remain at risk in the Americas. At #OEPA #IACO conference we heard progress & plans for eliminating river blindness forever #beatNTDs #CeroETDs #ZeroDTNs

#OEPA Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis #IACO was held in Colombia, the 1st country in the world to achieve a once-unthinkable goal: the elimination of river blindness. Since 1988 Mectizan has been shipped to 62 countries to #beatNTDs #CeroETDs #ZeroDTNs. @MinSaludCol

🌎 4 countries in the Americas were the first to eliminate river blindness. But 35,000 people remain at risk, deep in the Amazon among the indigenous Yanomami communities. Health workers will stop at nothing to reach them. #beatNTDs #CeroETDs #ZeroDTNs

En la XXXV InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) en Bogotá, la @opsoms recibió un reconocimiento de @MectizanMDP, OEPA - @CarterCenter y MSD por su liderazgo y compromiso en la eliminación de la oncocercosis, “ceguera de los ríos”, en la Región de las Américas.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Frank Richards Jr., recipient of the Merck Mectizan Award for outstanding contributions to the elimination of river blindness & lymphatic filariasis. Learn more: https://t.co/lW5ajEoygM @CarterCenter #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF

My best Holiday Giving Guide yet, highlighting three superb nonprofits saving and transforming lives abroad and at home. And because of matches from @BloombergDotOrg & others, each $1 from you means $4 reaches the nonprofits. Join in! Spread the word.

🇹🇿 "...by the end of 2024 Tanzania had reduced the number of people requiring anti-parasitic chemotherapy for NTDs by 76%." #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF @wizara_afyatz @Sightsavers @CombatNTDs

For 50 years, CBM has supported national efforts to control river blindness in the DRC 🇨🇩, reaching nearly 50 million people. Working together with the Ministry of Health and partners, ivermectin treatment continues to protect communities. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/4k60kGCSCE

Lymphatic filariasis and river blindness are preventable diseases, and African countries are guiding efforts to end them and the suffering they cause. With support from a global coalition of partners, local expertise is delivering care and medicine to the communities most at

Guyana’s Fight Against Lymphatic Filariasis: A Story of Hope, Leadership, and Community

PAHO and Ministry of Health Launch National Mass Drug Administration to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in Guyana

Helen Keller Intl, with the Adamawa State Ministry of Health, is conducting Mass Drug Administration (MDA) monitoring for Lymphatic Filariasis in Mubi North and South - supporting house-to-house drug distribution, supervising CDD, and checking data quality and coverage.

Results of tests to find an alternative to "human fly-catchers" when doing entomological surveys for river blindness. "In some traps, the team placed worn socks—the smell of human sweat lures in blackflies." @Sightsavers @GLIDE_AE #StampOutOncho

We are pleased to share @Merck's announcement that the donation of Mectizan to accelerate the elimination of lymphatic filariasis will be extended through 2030 in alignment with the @WHO Neglected Tropical Diseases Road Map. #EliminateLF #beatNTDs https://t.co/nlZiY7y5pK

Celebrating 5️⃣ billion Mectizan treatments donated to #StampOutOncho and #EliminateLF. The 1987 donation by @Merck sparked one of global health's most successful public-private partnerships, driving real-world results. ⬇️ #beatNTDs @TheENDFund @Sightsavers