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The Problem
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect more than 1.7 billion of the world’s most impoverished people, including more than 1 billion children.
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Intestinal Worms:
1.7BRequire Treatment
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Lymphatic Filariasis:
893MRequire Treatment
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River Blindness:
218MRequire Treatment
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Schistosomiasis:
229MRequire Treatment
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Trachoma:
178MRequire Treatment
Our Vision
To ensure people at risk of neglected tropical diseases can live healthy and prosperous lives.
Our Impact
92M People Treated in 2020
1.07B Number of Treatments from 2012-2020
$1.36B Value of Treatments from 2012-2020
3.46M Health Workers Trained from 2012-2020
43,419 Surgeries Performed from 2012-2020
Where We Work
News & Updates
Another step forward in ending river blindness
By Warren Lancaster I was chatting with friends over coffee and I began to talk about our work on river blindness in Africa. One person at the table, who had lived in an African country for many years, interrupted helpfully saying, ‘I thought the World Bank eliminated it by spraying rivers years ago’. Well yes…
Request for Proposals: Global Health Communications Agency
This RFP is to solicit bids from qualified vendors and identify an agency that would be the best-qualified to support the END Fund’s global communications and thought leadership strategy. This engagement is for one-year and subject to renewal based on performance. The qualified communications agency will be responsible for consulting and strategizing on thought leadership,…
Why British Leadership Remains Critical To Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases
By Ellen Agler, END Fund CEO Since the dawn of medicine, the UK has been a pioneer and world leader in preventative medicines like vaccines, antibiotics and neglected tropical disease (NTD) treatments. It started with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s introduction to deliberately inoculating people with a mild case of disease in the eighteenth century, and was…
Photo blog: Women protecting their communities from neglected tropical diseases
Women often play a critical and under-reported role in the effort to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This work relies on millions of volunteers who help to distribute medicine during mass drug administrations. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made this job more difficult, but women around the world have stepped up to ensure these programs…