After my amazing journey back to #Detroit for #NABJ18 , I didn't think there was any room left in my heart for joy. But then I awoke this morning to the news that my former colleague and dear friend Sarah Ooko, Senior Communications and Media Officer for World Vision Kenya , has won the 2018 Health Reporting Award from the Media Council of Kenya for her feature about the economic impact of neglected tropical diseases in Kenya. Sarah was my able Lieutenant in a health journalism revolution that began in 2008, when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) teamed up to improve the quality of health reporting in Kenya. Through a grant from the U. K.'s Wellcome Trust , we organized journalism trainings and briefings that served to help "brand" quality health and science reporting. Sarah Ooko represents the best and brightest for journalism on the African continent. I am so proud to be her friend and former mentor! Nation Media Group   Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases The END Fund Dr. Sultani Matendechero #BeatNTDs #globalhealth #HealthForAll …see more