Mercy Mumo

Mercy is a seasoned communications specialist from Kenya with over 15 years of experience in development, business, corporate, and behavior change communication.
Maya Semrau
Dr Maya Semrau is a senior research fellow in implementation research at the Brighton & Sussex Medical School (BSMS), where she has worked since 2017 on the NIHR-funded Global Health Research Unit for NTDs, for which she co-leads the Implementation Research Theme. She is particularly interested in the mental wellbeing and stigma aspects of NTDs. […]
Q and A with Abuk Peter – Women Leading NTD Elimination in South Sudan

Date: March 24, 2025 In honor of International Women’s Day month, iCHORDS is proud to collaborate with WI-HER. WI-HER is an international woman-owned business and consulting firm that focuses on sustainable development. They have collaborated with various organizations to advance work in the neglected tropical disease (NTD) sphere. Here is an interview conducted by SJ […]
Cost and community acceptability of enhanced antibiotic distribution approaches for trachoma in the Republic of South Sudan: enhancing the A in SAFE (ETAS) study protocol
Background The World Health Organization targeted trachoma for global elimination as a public health problem by 2030. Reaching elimination thresholds by the year 2030 in the Republic of South Sudan will be a considerable challenge, as the country currently has many counties considered hyper-endemic (> 30% trachomatous inflammation-follicular [TF]) that have yet to receive interventions. Evidence […]