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The Problem
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect more than1.5 billion of the world’s most impoverished people, including 836 million children.
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Intestinal Worms:
1.5BRequire Treatment
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Lymphatic Filariasis:
856MRequire Treatment
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River Blindness:
198MRequire Treatment
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Schistosomiasis:
206MRequire Treatment
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Trachoma:
190MRequire Treatment
Our Vision
To ensure people at risk of neglected tropical diseases can live healthy and prosperous lives.
Our Impact
97M People Treated in 2017
500M Number of Treatments from 2012-2017
$933M Value of Treatments from 2012-2017
1.1M Health Workers Trained from 2012-2017
11,584 Surgeries Performed from 2012-2017
Where We Work
News & Updates
Summit to See the END 2018
Next week 12 climbers from the US, Switzerland, and Tanzania will set out to trek up more than 19,000 feet to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in order to raise money and awareness for neglected tropical diseases. We will be updating this blog daily with more details from their trip between June 28th and July 7th!
Building Partnerships in Kenya
In 2018, Kenya is set to complete its fifth round of deworming for school-age children, pilot a new drug therapy for lymphatic filariasis (LF) that will accelerate the end of the disease, and provide surgeries for men with debilitating hydroceles. With all of these impressive gains towards ending NTDs, this episode focuses on the story Dr.…
The END Fund Is Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases for 1.5 Billion People
By David Brand, Global Citizen This article originally appeared on GlobalCitizen.org. In early-April, representatives from the END Fund arrived at the Global Citizen office lugging a jar filled with 200 intestinal worms. They came to educate Global Citizen staff about a collection of preventable illnesses known as Neglected Tropical Diseases — parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases…
The Story of Daniel Shungu
Daniel Shungu first came to the United States in 1962 from the Democratic Republic of Congo. His plan was not to stay in America for the rest of his life, but to get an education and return to the DRC with skills that would help people in his country. However, his life plan changed and…