Johnson & Johnson announce that they will be extending their commitment to provide mebendazole to treat intestinal worms until 2025. Read more
Following the recent review, the Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases partnership has now launched the nomination process to secure members for our new high-profile Board and Advisory Group. Read more
The neglected tropical diseases (NTD) community has collaborated to create two new tools to show the progress made in the fight against NTDs and to accelerate further progress through collective action. Read more
Last year, many of our partners contributed to a thorough external review and consultation process, which will help to shape how we will work together in years to come. This consultation concluded at the end of 2018, and an updated value proposition for the partnership has been agreed. Read more
African countries with modest national incomes are outperforming some richer nations on the continent in the fight against diseases of poverty known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), according to a new league table ranking. Read more
Ten years ago, before the London Declaration and before the wider partnership against NTDs was formed we could only dream about things we take for granted today. Read more
Meet Precious Mukelabai – a woman who travelled outside her country, Zambia, for the first time this month. For that journey, she also obtained a passport for the first time in her life and travelled on a plane for the first time. Read more
Dr Mwele Malecela, a health scientist from Tanzania, is taking up a leading position at the World Health Organization (WHO). We met her as she was transitioning into her new position at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more
Leading philanthropists as well as African and European governments have announced more than US$150 million to tackle neglected tropical diseases largely unknown in western countries, but which affect 1.5 billion people – or one in five on the planet. The over $150 million funding will unlock a total aid package worth many, many more times that sum thanks to the free donation of medicines from pharmaceutical companies. Read more
An open letter to leaders of member states and governments of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) Read more