Tonight’s episode of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer focuses on a community-based program to eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness), one of the seven most common neglected tropical diseases, in Tanzania. Watch this video for a preview of tonight’s show.
The episode will include an interview with Dr. Uche Amazigo, and will highlight the community drug distribution program she has championed through the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). APOC has become a successful model of how effective public-private partnerships can leverage local community members to support the health needs of their friends, families and neighbors.
Talea Miller with the NewsHour team also put together a great slideshow of her photos from the Tanzanian trip, available on Flickr.
