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Your Gifts at Work: April-June 2024
Aug 29, 2024
Livelihood Grant Stories from Bihar | New Roof for IME Kimpese | Jagruti Nepal: Three Year Successes
Read MoreYour Gifts at Work: January-March 2024
Aug 16, 2024
Mosquito Spray in Bihar | West Africa Travel | Jagruti Nepal | Health Worker Training
Read MoreYour Gifts at Work: October-December 2023
Jan 29, 2024
Transform Liberia | Skin NTDs Labnet | Nigeria Med Shipment | Footwear in Bihar | Annual Report
Read MoreYour Gifts at Work: July-September 2023
Oct 17, 2023
Africa Filming Trip | COMPREHENSIV training | Jagruti Projects FY23 | NTD Innovation Prize
Read MoreAfrica 2023: Finding Stories of Hope
Sep 25, 2023
In August, several of our staff from the U.S. and U.K. visited ALM partners and projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ghana. It was a whirlwind experience, full of field trips, site visits and conversations…
Read MoreThe Jagruti Projects: Your 2023 Impact in India and Nepal
Jul 26, 2023
We’ve reached the end of our fiscal year, so we can report some exciting numbers from a year of advocacy and WASH + NTDs education across India and Nepal!
Read MoreYour Gifts at Work: April-June 2023
Jul 26, 2023
Faith Leaders Trauma Training | Breaking Strongholds – Ghana | Bihar NTD Clinic + Footwear | Jagruti Projects Impact
Read MoreOne Lesson Changes a Life: Field Update from Jagruti Nepal
May 30, 2023
So often, neglected tropical diseases like leprosy destroy lives because critical health information remains out of reach. That’s why, with your generous support, we make training and community education a central part of our programs.
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World’s First Leprosy-Specific Vaccine Progresses to Human Trials in Brazil
Oct 21, 2024
(Greenville, S.C., October 21, 2024) Today marks a significant step forward in the prevention and treatment of leprosy as American Leprosy Missions announces the start of a Phase 1b clinical trial for LepVax, a promising leprosy vaccine candidate – the first vaccine developed specifically for leprosy.
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American Leprosy Missions Awards Fifth NTD Innovation Prize
Sep 21, 2023
(Greenville, S.C., September 21, 2023) – American Leprosy Missions announced the winner of their fifth annual NTD Innovation Prize during the closing plenary of the 14th Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases NGO Network (NNN) Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Read MoreGroundbreaking Skin Disease Diagnostics Development
May 8, 2023
With funding from the Anesvad Foundation and the Raoul Follereau Foundation, ALM will apply its experience in diagnostic assay development to create a multiplex assay to simultaneously detect five skin NTDs.
Read MorePremier Anti-Leprosy Organization Breaks Barriers to Health with USAID ASHA in Nepal
Nov 18, 2022
Nepal has one of the world’s highest numbers of new leprosy cases each year. American Leprosy Missions has been active in Nepal since 1982. This year, ALM marks the completion and initiation of two USAID ASHA grants for partner hospitals in Nepal.
Read MoreAmerican Leprosy Missions Awards Fourth NTD Innovation Prize
Sep 15, 2022
(Greenville, S.C., September 15, 2022) – During the closing plenary of the 13th Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases NGO Network (NNN) Conference, American Leprosy Missions awarded the fourth annual NTD Innovation Prize of $40,000.
Read More116-Year-Old Organization Renews Commitment to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases by Signing Kigali Declaration
Jun 21, 2022
(Greenville, S.C., June 21, 2022) American Leprosy Missions is a signatory to the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a new global health commitment that will be celebrated during the Kigali Summit…
Read MoreOldest U.S. Anti-Leprosy Organization Awarded Seventh USAID ASHA Grant
Oct 13, 2021
(Greenville, S.C., October 13, 2021) American Leprosy Missions, a global leader in the fight against leprosy, was recently awarded a four-year grant of more than $900,000 from the U.S. Agency for…
Read MoreAmerican Leprosy Missions Awards $41,000 for Innovation in NTDs
Sep 9, 2021
(Greenville, S.C., September 9, 2021) ⸺ American Leprosy Missions, a platinum sponsor of the 12th Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases NGO Network Conference, announced the two winners…
Read MoreHope Starts With Healing
Right now, men, women, and children are suffering—isolated by disease, alone in their pain, and without hope. But together, we can change that.
From delivering critical medicines and supplies to equipping pastors with training and resources to care for their communities, we are reaching even the most marginalized people with the healing and hope they most desperately need. With your support today, Hope Rises!
