Global Health Nonprofit Puts Boots to the Ground With Floating Doctors
For nearly a decade, Parasites Without Borders has worked with Floating Doctors, a global nonprofit dedicated
to reducing the burden of disease in the developing world and promoting improvements in healthcare delivery
worldwide.
PWB Mourns Loss of Founder Dickson D. Despommier
Despommier spent 38 years as a professor of microbiology and public health in environmental health
sciences at Columbia University, where he won the Best Teacher Award six times.
Free Resources on Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Parasites Without Borders is on a mission to make educational to provide free science education to all in an effort to eliminate human suffering from parasitic infections around the world.
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is January 30th
On January 20, 2012, the first NTDS road map was launched, along with the formation of the world’s biggest public-private sector partnership and significant and substantial pledges.
The Journey to Zero of Parasitic Diseases is a Global Task
Global mission to eliminate five devastating parasitic diseases through research, education, and international cooperation, targeting Guinea Worm, Malaria, River Blindness, Polio, and Lymphatic Filariasis.
New Fundraiser Kicks Off Supporting MicrobeTV and Free Science Education
PWB is fundraising for MicrobeTV, a 501c3 nonprofit organization and independent podcast network that hosts shows about viruses, bacteria, parasites, evolution, immunology, and neuroscience.