neglected tropical diseases

A leprosy patient sits outside the abandoned Curupaiti Colony Hospital in Rio de Janeiro on November 21, 2021.

Neglected Diseases

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Integrate to Eliminate

Sudents line up at a primary school in Brickaville, Madagascar to receive treatment for intestinal worms, November 2020. Image: The END Fund / Viviane Rakotoarivony

Winning the Global War against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Fantanesh Gedefe, in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, washes her face from water stored in the “leaky tin.” Facial cleanliness is an integral component of the SAFE strategy for trachoma elimination. Brent Stirton/Getty Images Courtesy of the International Trachoma Initiative.

Dramatic Reduction in Blindness is Good News—Let’s Finish the Job

Active screening for sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: FIND/Ndung’u 2018

Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Lesson in Elimination?