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Antibiotic distribution in Tanzania. Credit: International Trachoma Initiative
16 Nov 2015
Trachoma partners celebrate exceptional progress
15 Oct 2015
ICTC releases new WASH partner engagement toolkit on Global Handwashing Day
Illustration with global map of parasitic disease prevalence and people suffering from River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) and Malaria
05 Oct 2015
ICTC congratulates colleagues for winning 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine
ENVISION project leaflet cover
30 Sep 2015
USAID extends support to ENVISION project to eliminate neglected tropical diseases
Signatures on the Abu Dhabi Declaration
15 Sep 2015
ICTC signs Abu Dhabi Declaration calling on a global indicator for NTDs in the SDGs
Penny Lyons from Seva Canada, Paul Courtright from KCCO, Jack Blanks from Seva Foundation and Aníbal Cavaco Silva the president of Portugal on stage ©Marty Spencer
10 Sep 2015
KCCO awarded esteemed Champalimaud Award

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“Clean Face: Healthy Eyes!” A young girl in Amhara, Ethiopia washes her face with soap and water, because facial cleanliness is key to fighting trachoma. With support from the Lions/Carter Center Sight First Initiative, the Amhara Regional Health and Education Bureaus have implemented a state-wide school-based health education program, teaching the next generation how to prevent trachoma. Photographer: Kenya Casey
21 Mar 2021
Water is invaluable: A health perspective from the global program to eliminate trachoma
A woman has her eyes checked for trachoma in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Photo credit: RTI International/Yonas Getachew
05 Mar 2021
Choose to challenge: How data driven approaches to health can challenge gender roles and achieve gender equity and equality
Lubushi Health Center in the Kasama district, Zambia. Photo: Sumon Ray/International Trachoma Initiative.
11 Dec 2020
Health for all: A snapshot of how the global trachoma program is contributing to universal health coverage
ICTC Executive Group
18 Nov 2020
WASH and health working together: Why cross-sectoral collaboration is needed to accelerate and sustain progress for NTDs
ICTC Executive Group
Serge Resnikoff, ICTC Immediate Past Chair
07 Oct 2020
Building back better: Why integrated people centred eye care is needed to achieve vision for all
Serge Resnikoff
Benjamin Binagwa, Chief of Party for USAID’s Act to End NTDs | East program in Uganda
11 Sep 2020
Uganda commits to cross-border NTD strategy to ensure no one is left behind
Benjamin Binagwa

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