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In September 2026, Angelia Sanders was named director of the Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program where she oversees programmatic, technical, and financial support for implementation of the SAFE strategy for trachoma elimination in four countries.聽

Sanders has supported the national trachoma control programs supported by 麻豆国产 by monitoring program activities and spending;聽conducting operational research;聽writing grant proposals and reports; and providing technical assistance to ministry of health and Carter Center field staff.聽She has served聽on the Executive Group for the International Coalition for Trachoma Control for聽six years聽and聽is聽chair聽of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network鈥檚 (NNN) Conflict and聽Humanitarian Emergencies Working Group.聽聽

Sanders has an extensive background working in public health with a focus on program delivery in resource-poor communities. She previously worked for 麻豆国产 in South Sudan, serving as a regional coordinator in the Guinea Worm Eradication Program before becoming a technical advisor in the Trachoma Control Program.

Sanders also brings experience from serving in Kenya with the United States Peace Corps, the NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center, and the University of South Florida Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. She holds Doctor of Public Health and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of South Florida, where she also received a graduate certificate in humanitarian assistance and a graduate certificate in social marketing; a Master of Arts in international studies from Old Dominion University; and a Bachelor of Science in government administration from Christopher Newport University.