Project Zero is an ongoing series to raise awareness around neglected tropical diseases and efforts to fight them. At least 18 of these diseases affect more than 1 billion people worldwide -- but they're not on the public's radar.
Patients inside the kala azar ward at Kacheliba Hospital
In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck
Fighting Kala Azar In Kenya
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While America Ignores A Disease Bigger Than Zika, Its Victims Remain Invisible
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Where Shoes Are A Luxury, A Nightmarish Disease May Be Lurking
Peter Martell
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They Fled War At Home. Now They’re Fighting Death In Crowded Refugee Camps.
Lisdeth Arguello holds her 3-month-old grandson Jesus, who was born with microcephaly, at their home in Guarenas, Venezuela October 5, 2016. Picture taken October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
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Where Zika Came From
Abalo Monica, in her 20s, was one of the first identified with nodding syndrome in 1998. Her son, Otema, was conceived from rape but is healthy and shows no sign of the syndrome
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How A Warlord’s Legacy Has Thwarted Relief For A Mysterious Disease In Uganda
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Why The U.S., One Of The World's Richest Countries, Struggles With Diseases Of Poverty
By Catharine Smith
Macro of mosquito (Aedes aegypti) sucking blood close up on the human skin. Mosquito is carrier of Malaria; Encephalitis; Dengue and Zika virus
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How Humans Are Laying Out The Welcome Mat For Mosquitoes And The Diseases They Carry
By Sara Perria
Amos Kiptui 27 sits in a cave in a remote part of Kenya where an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis has plagued the local community Kiptui has been suffering from the disease which eats away at the top layers of skin for some years
Zoe Flood
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Why The World Ignores Diseases Of Poverty
Jennifer Aromorach’s grandmother, Ajok Martha, is at home while Jennifer is at the health centre. She looks after Vicky, 21, who is Jennifer’s sister. A year ago Vicky fell into the fire during a seizure and burnt her face. However, she says her scars don’t stop her from seeing friends and going to town.
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Children With Baffling Seizure Disorder Face Uncertain Future In Northern Uganda
Tom Gardner
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The Biggest Cause Of Preventable Blindness Just Won't Go Away
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Meet The Americans Who Live With Open Sewers In Their Yard
By Catharine Smith
Diyana Kamalludden, 36, poses for a photograph with her late husband's, Rostam Ramli, windbreaker in a room where she keeps personal belongings and of her late husband's after an interview with Huffington Post in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2017. (Joshua Paul for Huffington Post)
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How Experts Fight A Disease When They Don’t Know Whom It’s Killing
At a childrens hospital in Antananarivo a baby was tested and found to have the plague and was then taken to the specialist anti-plague hospital
Alexander Joe
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Inside A Modern-Day Plague Outbreak
Sleeping sickness 360 film
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WATCH: The Battle Against Sleeping Sickness
By Paul Josephson
River blindness 360 film
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WATCH: What Life Is Like When A Parasite Destroys Your Sight
By Paul Josephson
Elephantiasis 360 film
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WATCH: What Life Is Like With The Disfiguring Disease Elephantiasis
By Paul Josephson
Ndidi Ekeanyawu
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Nigerian Women With This Disfiguring Disease Face Pain And Isolation
By Hannah McNeish
Canoe on Congo River
Paul Josephson
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'Out Of Sight': 360-Degree Film Series On Diseases The World Ignores
By Paul Josephson
LEOGANE, HAITI - MAY 25: Three female patients of Dr. Luccene Desir, director of the Center of Research for Filariasis in Haiti (elephantiasis) display their legs affected by elephantiasis at a hospital in Leogane, south of Pt-au-Prince, Haiti. Left to right are Amise Placide, Poline Guerrier, and Mimose Louissant. The doctor's patients come from the locale of Leogane where research has shown that 40% of the population suffers from this maladie caused by a virus from mosquitos. The virus can live in the body for many years before developing into a permanent swelling, usually in the legs of women, and elsewhere in men. Some of the women recognized that the malady came from mosquitos but others thought they came from a curse or spell put on them. (Photo by Maggie Steber for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Victims Of This Disfiguring Disease 'Feel So Much Pain And Shame'
By Hannah McNeish
In humans, the signs and symptoms of monkeypox are similar to those of smallpox, but usually milder. People can get monkeypox from an infected animal through a bite or direct contact with the infected animal?s blood, body fluids, or lesions. The disease also can be spread from person to person, but it is much less infectious than smallpox. TEM
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'They Don't Care About Black People Dying In The Bush'
By Hannah McNeish
Jean-de-Dieu Liyande a former sleeping sickness patient sits in his village church
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A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
By Hannah McNeish
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