Bridging sectors for global health impact | One Dose, One Cure
🛖 In remote communities affected by sleeping sickness, reaching patients isn’t easy. As Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health at the Gates Foundation, says: ‘People in remote regions, you only ..
From loss to hope: Mbo's message to sleeping sickness patients | One Dose, One Cure
💊 Today, hope is growing for people like Mbo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has approved acoziborole, a single-dose oral treatment for sleeping sickness!
Mbo is a living testament to ..
Does the color of a tablet matter?
🎨 Did you know the colour of a tablet actually really matters?
It’s not just about appearance 👉 colour plays an important role in how medicines are used and developed.
In this video, our Pharmace.
One Health: Connections that few people notice
Dengue, climate change, food insecurity, antimicrobial resistance. Today’s health challenges are interconnected. Our responses need to be too.
Last week, the One Health Summit in Lyon brought toge...
Jaqueline's story with leishmaniasis treatment
When Jaqueline was diagnosed with cutaneous #leishmaniasis at just 10 years old, she had to endure painful injections and walk 13km to receive treatment at the health unit 🏥 in Corte de Pedra, in B..
One Dose, One Cure: A faster path back to family and work
🐟 Liliane travels every day to the fish farms near her village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One day, she noticed that her trips were getting harder. She had contracted sleeping sickness aft..
One Dose, One Cure: African scientists leading the charge
‘I tell African women: we are capable of working in science. It’s not just for men.’
👩🏾⚕️ This #InternationalWomensDay, we spotlight Dr Hélène, a Congolese researcher who has dedicated her career.
One Dose, One Cure: MSF's perspective on a new cure for sleeping sickness
In 2014, Javid Abdelmoneim, MSF International President, traveled to a remote corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo to visit an MSF sleeping sickness programme. What he witnessed there mirrore...
El niño que venció el jején
El joven Henry es un campeón. Un campeón para sus compañeros de escuela en Kacheliba, en el condado de West Pokot, en Kenia, donde llevó a su equipo de fútbol hacia la victoria. Un campeón para sus...
O Menino que venceu o mosquito-palha
O jovem Henry é um campeão. Um campeão para seus colegas da escola em Kacheliba, no condado de West Pokot, no Quênia, onde levou o time de futebol à vitória. Um campeão para seus pais, que apoiam s...
American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (a form of American tegumentary leishmaniasis) is transmitted by sandflies and affects many villages in northern Brazil, including the state of Amapá. The disease can cause ...
Book Chat with Dr Markus Fraundorfer
📖 We’re happy to share that Dr Markus Fraundorfer, Associate Professor in Global Governance at the University of Leeds, has published an in-depth study on the impact of our collaborative and not-fo..
Interview with Dr Pauline Williams, new DNDi Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Chair
‘Any organization that works in R&D has a duty to have proper governance that includes peer review.’
Watch a conversation with Dr Pauline Williams CBE, FMedSci, the newly appointed chair of our
What she learned from Indigenous communities could change how we talk about climate
Carolina Batista, our Latin America Board President, grew up with Amazonian roots, worked closely with Indigenous communities, and now leads in global health. Here’s her message to #COP30
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Beni: Surviving Sleeping Sickness
Meet Beni, a young boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo who survived sleeping sickness.
His life changed after a tsetse fly bite transmitted this neglected disease, which attacks the central...
Webinar: Bridging the gap between research and policy for NTDs amid a changing funding landscape
With less than five years remaining to achieve the 2030 NTDs elimination targets—and in the context of a rapidly changing global funding landscape – it is more critical than ever to ensure that res...
Open Science in a Closed World
📖 Our new report is out!
Open science in a closed world: lessons and opportunities for securing openness and equitable access in R&D collaborations.
Drawing on more than 20 years of experien
Road to Elimination of Kala-azar in South Asia
'Road to Elimination of Kala-azar in South Asia’ tells a powerful story of partnership, perseverance, and progress. It shows what happens when leadership, communities, and science come together.
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The Boy Who Beat The Sandfly
Young Henry is a champion.
A champion to his schoolmates in Kacheliba, in Kenya’s West Pokot County, where he has led their football team to victory. A champion to his parents, who support his d...
The Boy Who Beat The Sandfly (Trailer)
🎬 We’re proud to share the trailer for our new film 'The Boy Who Beat The Sandfly' on visceral leishmaniasis.
It tells the story of Henry, a young boy from West Pokot, Kenya, whose resilience shin..