Hugh ShirleyApr 20, 20201 minA disease you may not have heard of kills 20,000 people every year. It doesn’t have to.by Anthony Kuria Wanjiru on August 12, 2019 BARINGO COUNTY, Kenya—Ten-year-old Lopeto Losile looked confused. He sat on a wooden bench in...
Hugh ShirleyApr 20, 20201 minAfrica constitutes 40% of those affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases in worldBy Vibha Varshney and Lominda Afedraru on November 28, 2018 Around 20 people have gathered at a grassy patch in front of a tin shed in...
Hugh ShirleyApr 20, 20201 minThis tropical disease is second only to malaria as a parasitic killer.by Bill Ibelle on June 6, 2018 One form of the disease begins with large open sores that won’t heal, then migrates to the nose and lips,...
Hugh ShirleyMar 20, 20201 minWhat Trump’s WHO Funding Freeze Means for the Most Vulnerable CountriesBy Aryn Baker and Joseph Hincks on April 17, 2020 On April 14,the first batch of World Health Organization medical supplies arrived in...
Hugh ShirleyMar 20, 20201 minOur gaping blind spot in the fight against pandemicsBy Schuyler Velasco on April 8, 2020 Infectious diseases in poor, remote regions can wreak havoc for years without any attention....