Sightsavers — Trachoma Treatment Research

Organization:
Sightsavers
Award Date:
10/2024
Amount:
$879,136
Purpose:
To test whether ivermectin can improve disease elimination efforts.

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $879,136 to Sightsavers to support a trial in Ethiopia testing whether adding ivermectin to standard trachoma mass drug administration efforts can improve disease elimination efforts.

This falls within Open Philanthropy’s focus area of global health R&D.

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