Togo

Background

Togo is a small tropical country in sub-Saharan West Africa. Once a major hub for slave trade, Togo's central economic activities are now focused on agriculture, mining and commercial trade.

In recent years Togo has endured political turmoil, setbacks from rising global food and fuel prices and damaged crops from flooding; as a result, hunger and poverty remain huge challenges for the small coastal country. World Bank data indicates that about 62% of Togo's population of 6.5 million lives below the poverty line.

Our Work in Togo

Combating Disease

• Since 2007, IMA has collaborated with the Togolese Ministry of Health to implement the morbidity management program in Togo to treat symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantiasis), a disfiguring and disabling neglected tropical disease commonly found in some of the world's poorest areas.