With your support, we are working around the world to find, diagnose and treat people suffering with these terrible diseases:

• Leprosy
• Buruli Ulcer
• Leishmaniasis
• Lymphatic Filariasis
• Trachoma
• Yaws

• Caused by bacteria related to leprosy; these bacteria can eat flesh or even bone.
• May cause deformity, disability, permanent scarring and fatal infections. Severe cases require surgery and skin grafts. 
• Thousands of cases in 30 countries, mainly in West Africa.
• Affected people are often ostracized; 50% are children under 15 years old.
• Curable with antibiotics.

• Caused by parasites carried by sand flies.
• Affects some of the poorest people in the world, and is also associated with environmental changes like deforestation, irrigation and dams, or urbanization.
• Not everyone infected by the parasite develops the disease, but there are still 700,000 – 1 million new cases per year.
• Can cause skin lesions.
• Curable with different medications depending on the type of case. 

• Caused by parasites carried by mosquitoes.
• The parasites live in the human lymph system, damaging the body’s fluid balance and ability to fight infections. 
• Fluid imbalance can lead to severe and irreversible lower limb swelling: lymphedema.
• 36-40 million people disabled worldwide. 
• Curable with single doses of two medicines.

• Caused by bacteria carried by people and flies.
• Affects the eyes and can lead to blindness if left untreated.
• The leading preventable cause of blindness worldwide: 1.9 million people blind or visually impaired.
• 85% of people affected live in African nations.
• Curable with antibiotics.

• Caused by bacteria spread person to person.
• Causes skin ulcers.
• Majority of affected populations are in rural, tropical areas. 
• 80,000 cases reported per year, primarily children under 15 years old. 
• Curable with antibiotics.