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The bacteria that cause the NTD trachoma is spread by both direct and indirect contact with an affected person's eyes or nose. Poor sanitation, crowded living conditions and insufficient clean water and toilets also increase the spread of the disease.

CBM and its partners are using their expertise to help people, especially persons with disabilities, in great need as a result of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi.

Glaucoma cannot be cured; it can only be stopped - with medication and sometimes with surgery. Without timely treatment, those affected become irreversibly blind. CBM supports with examinations, medicines and operations.

By focusing on making our work equitable, CBM ensures that people are provided with the resources they need to meet their specific needs.

CBM adopts a comprehensive approach to ear and hearing care (EHC), providing children and adults with access to ear, nose and throat diagnostic and treatment services.

Tetiana's story gives courage to many people! Since February 2022, she has been able to bring more than 5,000 people, mainly persons with disabilities, to safety from Ukraine.

Fellows are expected to bring their acquired knowledge and skills back to Ukraine.

CBM has been distributing preventive medicines for decades to protect people from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Medicines act like a strong protective shield if they are administered regularly.

She is 10 years old and should be going to school. But Wajir has never read a book, never done a test in maths or biology. While the other children from the neighbourhood are learning and playing in the classrooms of the village school, Wajir is needed at home: she has to take care of her great-aunt. 

When CBM's founder, Pastor Ernst J. Christoffel, opened the first home for persons with disabilities in 1908, war, disease and uncertainty were eminent - causing untold suffering, disabling many people, and leaving children orphaned. 114 years later, the script reads the same: war, disease, uncertainty, and crises caused by climate change have descended on the world in 2022.

CBM programme builds sustainable structures in the fight against visual impairment. The aim is to improve access to equitable and quality eye care by strengthening health systems.