Schistosomiasis (SCH) and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are among the world’s most persistent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) — a group of conditions that disproportionately affect the world ...

"I congratulate the government and people of Burundi and commend them for their hard work and dedication. The elimination of ...

Anyone who grew up in any rural village in Rwanda is familiar with intestinal worms. During my training as a medical doctor, I learned intestinal worms, also called soil-transmitted helminths, are one ...

When you think of animals that might be among the most dangerous in the world to humans, you typically think of sharks, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

DIRECTOR of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Research in Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (CTRMNTD), Professor ...

The Director of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Research in Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (CTRMNTD), Professor Wellington Oyibo, at the weekend called for a unified national response to ...

What I renamed “The Big Beastly Bill” passed the Senate yesterday. It signed into law dramatic cuts to our public health care ...

They prefer the taste of fish and seals, and actually find humans difficult to digest. On average, sharks are responsible for six human deaths a year. That’s notably fewer than some much less maligned ...