Gates Foundation Official Highlights Research Efforts To Address Onchocerciasis

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists”: Innovation: Taking the Neglect out of Neglected Diseases, Part II
Trevor Mundel, president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses innovative research for onchocerciasis treatments and references a blog post he wrote last year on the topic. In his more recent post, Mundel discusses the research of Sara Lustigman, which is focused on understanding the parasite that causes onchocerciasis (10/31).

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