Joining a Great Crowd
By: Kimberly Kamara, Director, Programs Raising capital to support the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is a big part of the END Fund’s ethos.…
Frontline Heroes
By: Yayne Hailu, Associate, External Relations Heroes don’t always wear capes and fight dangerous villains.…
Listening Tour: Learning from History
By: James Porter, Associate Director, External Relations Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have been affecting humans for thousands of years, with studies tracing schistosomiasis back to mummies from ancient Egypt.…
Listening to the Community: In Liberia, A Positive Outcome After Ebola
By Kimberly Kamara, Director, Programs Starting at the END Fund in May 2015, one of the projects in my portfolio for mass drug administration (MDA) was for schistosomiasis control in Liberia.…
Through a Child’s Eyes: Why Deworming Matters – The END Fund
By: Ellen Agler, CEO My six-year-old daughter started back to school last week.…
What I Learned During My Summer Vacation
By: Heather Haines, Director, External Relations After visiting Ethiopia in the spring and climbing Mt.…
My Summit Sequel
By: Abbey Turtinen, Associate, External Relations We were at the mercy of the mountain.…
Listening Tour: Neglected but Not Forgotten
By: James Porter, Associate Director, External Relations Neglected tropical diseases or NTDs are diseases of neglect – they often affect communities and people that are seemingly forgotten and marginalized.…
A Certain Cercaria
By: Elisa Baring, Director, Special Projects Not too long ago I was in Montana for a family reunion and it was fabulous!…
Domestic Financing for NTDs: An Unparalleled Investment
By: Warren Lancaster, Senior Vice President, Programs Recently I stood at East Cape lighthouse, the eastern most point on New Zealand’s north island and thus the first place on which the sun shines in the Southern Hemisphere.…