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Universal Health Coverage Includes People at the Last Mile POSTED ON: DECEMBER 15, 2017 The day began just like the one before. A small team of national NTD program staff and American Leprosy Missions’ technical staff set out early in the morning to visit health...

Training to Map NTDs Leads to Stronger Strategic Planning in Nigeria POSTED ON: NOVEMBER 21, 2017 rt from American Leprosy Missions and its partners, The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), conducted a joint...

Collaboration is a Cost-Effective Way to Eliminate Barriers to Care POSTED ON: NOVEMBER 14, 2017 This past summer, the National Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Program Manager in Liberia received an alert from Margibi county about 14 suspected cases of yaws and...

Read our AIM Program’s 2017 Progress Report: Breaking Barriers to NTD Care POSTED ON: NOVEMBER 1, 2017 NTDs contribute to a cycle of poverty and disease that can hinder economic and social development for generations. Many people affected by NTDs today lack access to...

Making Progress with Key Partners in our AIM Program POSTED ON: SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 We are already beginning to see the immediate impact of American Leprosy Missions’ AIM program on the commitment of governments to connect people living with NTDs to care. Increasingly,...

Myanmar’s Integrated Approach to Mapping and Controlling NTDs POSTED ON: SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 This content was originally posted by the London Applied & Spatial Epidemiology Research Group (LASER). In 2013, analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that...

Free Training Materials – Improving NTD Mapping by Integrating Case-Management and Disease Data POSTED ON: JULY 7, 2017 This content was originally posted by the London Applied & Spatial Epidemiology Research Group (LASER). Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health...

Trip Report: Mapping Progress Made in Myanmar and Sri Lanka POSTED ON: JUNE 2, 2017  In May of this year, our staff traveled to Myanmar and Sri Lanka to support neglected tropical disease (NTD) mapping efforts in the region. Program Director Emmy van der Grinten,...

Renewed Energy and Resolve at NTD Summit 2017 POSTED ON: MAY 2, 2017 Several AIM staff, a program of American Leprosy Missions, were pleased to attend the NTD Summit 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland, last month, marking the fifth anniversary of the London Declaration on...

New Health Promotion Materials in Liberia POSTED ON: APRIL 4, 2017 As part of the new, innovative Integrated Case Management of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) program in Liberia, the Ministry of Health is developing creative health promotion materials to help...