Project Zero

Project Zero is an ongoing series to raise awareness around neglected tropical diseases and efforts to fight them. At least 18 of these diseases affect more than 1 billion people worldwide -- but they're not on the public's radar.

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Young Doctor Diagnosed With A Death Sentence Hopes To Cure Himself -- Before It's Too Late

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When Bullets Fly, These Medics Grab Their Packs And Treat Patients On The Run

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Father Damien Went To Hawaii To Care For Leprosy Patients And Became A Saint

Yohei Sasakawa, Contributor WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination/Chairman, The ...

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He Treated The Very First Ebola Cases 40 Years Ago. Then He Watched The World Forget.

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This World Water Day, Let’s Celebrate Efforts To Eliminate Trachoma Once And For All

Virginia Sarah, Contributor Chair, International Coalition of Trachoma Control and Global ...

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José Was Sent Away, Banished To An Institution

Yohei Sasakawa, Contributor WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination/Chairman, The ...

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Neglect No More: Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases Helps Us All

David Fleming, Contributor David Fleming, MD, PATH’s vice president of Public Health - se...

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4 Billion People At Risk Of Being Infected With The Fastest Growing Mosquito-Borne Disease

Dr Melvin Sanicas, Contributor Vaccinologist, Public Health Physician

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Reasons To Be Cheerful In The Global Fight To Eliminate Blindness From Trachoma

Dr. Paul Emerson, Contributor Director, The International Trachoma Initiative

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The Convening Power Of Worms

Ellen Agler, Contributor CEO of The END Fund

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This International Women’s Day, We Celebrate The Women Leading The Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases In Ethiopia

Stephanie Ogden, Contributor Senior Water Policy Advisor, CARE

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In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck

By Zoe Flood

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Fighting Kala Azar In Kenya

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While America Ignores A Disease Bigger Than Zika, Its Victims Remain Invisible

By Catharine Smith

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He Volunteered To Help Stop A Blinding Parasite. Then He Lost His Sight.

By Hannah McNeish

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A Devastating Blinding Disease Is Crippling Communities In Africa, But It’s Easy For The World To Ignore

By Hannah McNeish

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How A Single Mosquito Bite Nearly Ended This Artist's Life

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How This Woman's Eyelashes Nearly Blinded Her

By Hannah McNeish

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The Disease You Don't Notice -- Until A Worm Crawls Across Your Eye

By Hannah McNeish

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This Woman Lived In A Cave Without Health Care While A Parasite Ate At Her Face

By Hannah McNeish

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How A Disease With No Cure Has Nearly Been Wiped From The Earth

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When Getting Health Care Means Hiking Through A Leopard’s Hunting Ground

By Hannah McNeish

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Why People With A Treatable Flesh-Eating Disease Don't Want The Cure

By Hannah McNeish and Zoe Flood

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Ensuring Onchocerciasis Control Is More Than Just “Skin Deep” By Ending The Neglect Of Onchodermatitis

By Louise Hamill, Contributor

LSTM/COUNTDOWN parasitologist working on onchocerciasis contro...

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To End Neglected Tropical Diseases, Start With The Basics Of Clean Water And Sanitation For The World’s Poorest

By James Kiyimba, Contributor

Communications Officer, WaterAid Uganda

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A Heartbreaking Look At Leprosy In 2017

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Collaboration Drives Efforts To End Neglected Tropical Diseases

By David Ross ScD, Dr. Paul Emerson, Rubina Imtiaz, M.D.,, Yao Sodahlon,MD,MSc, Eric Ottesen, MD, Contributors

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Fighting Rabies With Awareness In The Philippines

By Louise Taylor, Contributor

Scientific Director, Global Alliance for Rabies Control

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The Modern Challenge Of An Ancient Disease

By Dr. Ann Aerts, Contributor

Head of the Novartis Foundation

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This Woman Survived One Of The Deadliest Snake Attacks

By Hannah McNeish

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It’s Mildly Infectious And Treatable—Yet Patients Still Face Discrimination

By Yohei Sasakawa, Contributor

WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination/Chairman, The ...

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