End the Neglect
Join our campaign. 2020 is a monumental year for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). As a community, we have the opportunity to galvanise global action for NTDs for the next decade. The first step is to unite our voices and say it’s time to END THE NEGLECT!
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Rwanda to host first-ever Global Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Summit to call on world leaders to meet 2018 CHOGM 2018 pledge to halve malaria by 2023 and deliver the political and financial commitments to end scourge of NTDs.
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Africa and neglected tropical diseases
Our league table ranks African countries according to their performance in reaching everyone in need with the necessary treatment, across the five most common NTDs that are amenable to mass treatment. The diseases affect over 600 million people in Africa.
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31 countries
have eliminated an NTD since 2012
1.7 billion
treatments donated by pharmaceutical industry in 2018
One billion
people received treatment in 2018