USAID's Neglected Tropical Diseases Program
- NTDs thrive under conditions of poverty, poor sanitation, unsafe water, and malnutrition
- NTDs can blind, deform, and debilitate their victims
- NTDs compromise mental and physical development, reduce school enrollment, and hinder economic productivity
- Preventing NTDs attacks a root cause of poverty that affects a significant proportion of the world’s population
- Safe and effective drugs are now available to prevent the most common NTDs
Latest News
Go to NewsroomJul
18
First Global NGO Deworming Inventory Report Available
The report provides a list of deworming programs
operating in various countries.
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Jul
12
Announcing the Global NGO Deworming Inventory
The Global NGO Deworming Inventory is a global database that collates data on deworming activities.
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Jun
14
Lymphatic Filariasis Treatment Week in Sierra Leone
Helen Keller International congratulates Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation for the recent successful lymphatic filariasis campaign.
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Funding Section
Go to Funding- U.S. Congress allocates $25 million for USAID's NTD control efforts in fiscal year 2009, a $10 million increase over the fiscal year 2008 budget for NTDs.
- G8 declares in Japan that it will help control and eliminate several major NTDs by reaching at least 75 percent of people in the most affected countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- DFID announces a £50 million commitment over the next five years to fight NTDs.
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new grant of $34 million to prevent and treat NTDs.
Partners' Section
USAID collaborates with a wide range of partners to implement the NTD Program.
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