Terrific news about the appointment of Dr. Mwele Malecela as #NTDs Director at the World Health Organization ! Such a critically important validation of the global effort to eliminate the needless suffering and disability for more than a billion people worldwide who are enduring life with neglected tropical diseases like river blindness ( #onchocerciasis ), #trachoma , #schistosomiasis and #leprosy . Kudos to #WHO , The END Fund Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a host of other philanthropies, NGOs, national governments and individuals who are collaborating to #BeatNTDs and pave the way to #HealthForAll ! #globalhealth #globaldevelopment …see more