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We are spending the money donated so far on drugs for Cote D'Ivoire - enough to treat 100,000 children
Read Lindseys story Cairo to the Cape
Lindsey Cole, former PA to the SCI Director has now cycled down the length of Africa to raise money for Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Running and cycling for SCI
Our vision at Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) is a world free of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). This would allow the world’s poorest populations to be healthier, develop fully, learn effectively, raise families, and be productive members of their communities, thereby helping to realise the Millennium Development Goals of sustainable poverty reduction.
Neglected tropical diseases are now on the international agenda. The successes achieved to-date prove that the interventions are technically feasible, immediate, visibly powerful and highly cost-effective. They demonstrate that programmes to tackle NTDs can be, and must be rapidly scaled up. These people could be reached if only more resources were available; either; cash donations, assistance with transport (vehicles or even bicycles), drugs such as praziquantel or albendazole, and microscopes and ultrasound machines for monitoring and evaluation.
SCI is a charitable institution and all donations received go straight to the country in need.
These infections have a significant economic impact on the family, community and country as a whole, and result in billions of dollars of lost productivity. NTDs help to maintain poverty.
On Tuesday August 3rd Alan Fenwick will be in Cote D'Ivoire for the launch of their NTD control National Plan
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