Strengthen short- and long-term monitoring and evaluation of fellowship assignments, strengthen internal recruitment for senior level candidates, and create new partnership opportunities To leverage resources and expertise, creating new partnerships to fight trachoma and other neglected tropical diseases;	build	on	ITI’s	success	 in promoting the SAFE strategy, a comprehensive public health approach that combines treatment with prevention, involving sight-saving surgery, mass treatment with the Pfizer-donated antibiotic Zithromax®, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement to increase access to clean water and improved sanitation.