The END Fund initiative raises $100mn to eradicate neglected tropical diseases
The END Fund, an initiative dedicated to ending neglected tropical diseases, has raised over $100 million, primarily through facilitating partnerships and private capital.…
Targeted philanthropy tackles neglected tropical diseases in Africa
…..Organisations like the END Fund are working to strengthen local health systems, deepen knowledge about NTDs, and integrate with local efforts to scale up community health worker programs.…
How to Make the World a Better Place
….. Indeed, the Kenya studies found that the cheapest way to get a marginal child in the school system isn’t by building schools, but by deworming children.…
Tackling NTDs – Our Commitment to Effective Philanthropy
…. We choose to support projects and partners with proven impact on the toughest challenges and most vulnerable communities.…
Success as 1 billion treated in battle against painful tropical diseases
…..“There are hundreds of millions more people getting treated now than five years ago,” Ellen Agler, head of the END Fund, a philanthropic initiative to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in emailed comments.…
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Launches Reaching the Last Mile Fund to Raise $100 Million
15 November 2017: His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, launched the Reaching the Last Mile Fund to raise US$100 million with the aim of eradicating, eliminating, and controlling preventable diseases that hinder the health and economic prospects of the… …
WHO recommends large-scale deworming to improve children’s health, nutrition – GhanaWeb
Periodic deworming programmes with a single-tablet treatment can drastically reduce the suffering of those infected with parasitic intestinal worms and protect the 1.…
UN health agency recommends large-scale deworming to improve children’s health – UN News Centre
The suffering of those infected with parasitic intestinal can be drastically reduced with periodic deworming programmes with a single-tablet treatment, according to new guidelines approved by the United Nations health agency.…
Philanthropy: search for the best way to give
Legatum has since donated another $10m via The End Fund towards neglected tropical diseases, with a particular focus on deworming.…