Ethiopia bears the highest burden of podoconiosis, with more than 1.5 million cases. Nationally, the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) bears the highest prevalence nationally, at 8.3 percent. People living and working in these areas do not always have access to protective footwear to prevent exposure to these problematic soils that have been shown to cause podoconiosis.

Malaria Consortium’s formative research, conducted in the SNNPR in 2020, indicated that there was a significant lack of capacity among health workers to adequately detect, manage and report podoconiosis cases due to a lack of regular in-service training from the primary healthcare system. Click on the link below to find out what we are doing to change this.

To end malaria, we must leave no one behind. Join our Chief Executive, James Tibenderana, alongside other key figures, to discuss the critical actions needed to ensure locally driven, optimised approaches to diagnose, treat and prevent malaria reach the unreached.

Tuesday 31 January 2023 (9-10:30am EAT; 2-3:30pm UCT; 4-5:30pm CAT)

Towards the end of last year, our Policy & Advocacy Manager, Reagan Wamajji, joined policymakers, scientists, researchers and legal experts from the seven East African Community (EAC) member states as they gathered for a pivotal policy dialogue in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on research, development, testing and deployment of genetically modified mosquitoes for malaria control and elimination. Read his key takeaways in the blog...

In Ethiopia, podoconiosis - a non-infectious neglected tropical disease (NTD) - affects 1.5 million people, over a third of those affected globally. Happy Feet aims to accelerate control of this NTD by creating universal access to better quality preventive and healthcare management services.