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John reeder
John reeder









john reeder

Nearly 200 million people are at risk of infection. It is estimated that approximately twenty million people are currently infected, including more than a million with vision loss. River blindness is overwhelmingly a disease of sub-Saharan Africa and is endemic in 31 countries. It is there to commemorate the global fight against river blindness, or onchocerciasis, a debilitating and neglected tropical disease caused by a worm and transmitted by the bite of the blackfly, which breeds in fast-flowing rivers. Immediately opposite the main entrance of the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva is a statue of an African boy leading his blind father with a stick. Two Australians successfully navigated the incredibly complex web of international drug development to better fight the scourge of river blindness. Ros Byrne on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.Heather-lee Ollington on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.

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Michelle Halse on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.

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  • Caroline Bellair on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.
  • Gail Ellis on Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.
  • Bill Armstrong: volunteering with attitude.
  • Phillip Passmore: not your ordinary pharmacist.
  • Not the Millennium Villages: Colin and Ria in Eastern Indonesia.
  • Helen Evans: a decade on the frontiers of global health.
  • Aisyiyah: 99 years of women’s empowerment.
  • Robyn Alders: saving chooks, empowering women.
  • Gabrielle Persley: bridging bioscience and development.
  • Fessehaie Abraham: the refugee who brought Eritrea to Australia.
  • Gillian Mellsop: from Auckland to Addis.
  • The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre: three decades of Australian support.
  • Kylie Mines and Motivation Australia: change in motion.
  • Sanasa: Sri Lanka’s Grameen Bank, and Australia’s role.
  • Elizabeth Reid: transforming adversity into impact.
  • Really ending river blindness: Mark Sullivan and John Reeder.
  • Glenyys and Graham Romanes: trailblazers.
  • Sally Lloyd: the essence of community development.










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