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River Blindness Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, and Schistosomiasis Control Program Frank O. Richards Jr., M.D., Director, River Blindness Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, and Schistosomiasis Control Program An expert in parasitic and tropical diseases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Richards has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa. Aside from supervising the river blindness program, he is also closely involved with new initiatives at the Center in schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis in Nigeria. Dr. Richards holds faculty appointments at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health (Global Health), the Emory School of Medicine, and Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, and is on staff at two Atlanta hospitals--Grady Memorial and Egleston Children's Hospital.
Dr. Richards' career has focused on issues of global health, most of them dedicated to disease control and eradication in the Americas and Africa. He worked on schistosomiasis control in Egypt, Guinea worm eradication in Cameroon, lymphatic filariasis in Haiti and Nigeria, and malaria control in Guatemala. Dr. Richards' particular expertise is in onchocerciasis (river blindness) and the delivery of Mectizan® tablets (donated by Merck & Co.) through mass drug administration programs. He has been involved in the Guatemalan Mectizan distribution program since 1987 and in the Nigerian Mectizan distribution program since 1992. He participated in the launching and operations of two major regional river blindness programs: The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (launched in 1992), which reaches six countries in the Americas, and the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (launched in 1996) reaching 18 countries in Africa.
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Moses Katabarwa, M.A., M.P.H, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, River Blindness Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, and Schistosomiasis Control Program
Dr. Katabarwa served as country director for the Carter Center's Uganda office from 1996 to 2003. He also directed the World Bank/World Health Organization-sponsored program to control river blindness in 11 of 18 endemic areas of Uganda, programs that continue to achieve treatment coverage upwards of 90 percent annually.
Dr. Katabarwa earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Makerere University, Uganda. He has a master's degree and doctorate in anthropology from Commonwealth Open University in the United Kingdom. He received his Master of Public Health degree from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in 1997. He received the Emory University's Sheth Distinguished International Alumni Award from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health in 2005.
Dr. Katabarwa earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Makerere University, Uganda. He has a master's degree and doctorate in anthropology from Commonwealth Open University in the United Kingdom. He received his Master of Public Health degree from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in 1997. He received the Emory University's Sheth Distinguished International Alumni Award from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health in 2005. Lindsay Rakers, Program Development Coordinator, River Blindness Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, and Schistosomiasis Control Program
As program development coordinator, Ms. Rakers assists the Center's river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis programs by writing grant reports, annual program reports, and articles. In addition, she coauthors papers for journals, travels to field offices to assess program needs, and tracks and analyzes program activity data.
Ms. Rakers graduated with honors from Pennsylvania State University in 2000, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.
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