HuffPost traveled to Nigeria and Congo to document the fight against this preventable disease.
HuffPost traveled to Nigeria and Congo to film the devastating toll that three illnesses take on local people, and whats being done to help.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Nearly half the population of Congo is at risk for elephantiasis, which can produce hugely swollen body parts.
A disease detective calls out the world's apathy toward forgotten illnesses.
Congos doctors are fighting sleeping sickness with scarce resources and too little support.
The WHO sent a team of experts to Congo this month to try and stop the disease's spread.
40 million people in the Congo are at risk of river blindness.
Some 40 million people in the Congo are at risk.
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