• IMA has been working to address NTDs since the 1990s in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Our projects primarily target five of the NTDs that cause the greatest morbidity and mortality: lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis (River Blindness), trachoma, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminthes (worms). Controlling and eliminating NTDs is critical, as they impact the achievement of most health and development indicators. NTDs inhibit children from learning and developing to their full potential, and adults from working and supporting their families economically. Some diseases also cause physical deformities and cause patients to suffer from disability, stigma, social isolation and shame. IMA has also recently begun to address visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, in endemic areas within South Sudan.

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