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CBM has recently carried out research with local partners working in the NTD field in Nigeria.  The mixed methods approach included both measuring prevalence of mental health problems in people affected by lymphatic filiriasis (LF), and exploring th...

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disease that gets little attention in the global north. Yet according to the World Health Organisation, over 120 million people around the world live with it. The scale of this challenge requires a co-ordinated response...

In this blog, meet Esther Bature CBM Programme Officer in Nigeria, who manages our Neglected Tropical Diseases programme and witnesses first-hand the huge impact our sight-saving work has in the poorest communities in Nigeria. How did you come to wor...

Three-year-old Nahel was born with cataracts in both eyes, leaving him barely able to see further than a few centimetres away. But thanks to CBM supporters, Nahel’s prayer for sight was answered this Christmas. He’s had sight-restoring cataract s...

What an amazing year it has been! Together we’ve been able to transform the lives of people with disabilities and those at risk in the world’s poorest communities. For the #12DaysofChristmas we’re sharing 12 of our favourite moments from 2019 w...

Elfreda Whitty is a Programme Manager at CBM UK. She recently travelled to Zimbabwe to visit the Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE) Programme. In this blog, she talks about the fantastic Community-Based Learning Hubs, which are helping g...

In 1994, a global think tank predicted that we would have animal employees by the year 2020. Animals such as apes, bred for intelligence, would be capable of performing manual labour and could thereby serve as our cleaners, gardeners and chauffeurs. ...

After dedicating the last 9 years to supporting people living with disabilities in the world’s poorest communities, Senior Legacy Officer David Rootham is saying a fond farewell to the CBM family in this blog. “What one thing would you like us to...

Everyone deserves to be safe in disasters but people with disabilities are often the worst impacted when disasters strike. They are frequently excluded from preparing for and responding to disasters, and this means their needs and the unique difficul...

Disasters impact millions of people around the world, with natural disasters alone affecting on average 198.8 million people each year.[1] Everyone deserves to be safe during disasters, yet people with disabilities are often the worst affected when a...