Neglected Diseases

Aron Villanueva tends to the Ejido Padre Kino, Mexico, grave of his grandson Axel Villanueva. June 6, 2023.

Infectious Diseases

A Lethal Disease Hidden in Plain Sight in Mexico

Workers toss bright orange marigolds into the air, against a bright blue sky.

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Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa University medical campus on sunny day with a blue sky background.

A Forgotten, Yet Life-Threatening Infection

Eliud Wekesa, hands clasped, with a graying beard and wearing a bright purple robe, speaks to visitors outside his home and church compound in Tongaren, Bungoma County, Kenya, on February 29, 2024.

Neglected Diseases

The Push to Get Kenyan Cult Leaders to Embrace Modern Medicine

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

Luis Pizarro at Kimpese hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where DNDi undertook several studies to develop drugs for sleeping sickness and river blindness. June 2022. Kenny Mbala/DNDi

Neglected Diseases

Carrying the Torch in the Fight Against Neglected Diseases

Karupayee with M. Raja and A. Vincent of the Mahelerecen Leprosy center in Madurai, India. March, 2022. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

How COVID-19 Set Back India’s Battle with Leprosy

Custom-made microcellular rubber sandals are manufactured and given free of charge to patients at The Leprosy Mission Trust Hospital in Dayapuram, Manamadurai, for relief from foot ulcers and the management of leprosy-related disabilities. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

Why Leprosy Persists in India

A young girl is at MSF’s cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment center with her uncle at Naseerullah Khan Babar memorial hospital, Peshawar. Nov. 1, 2020 Image by Nasir Ghafoor/Courtesy of MSF

Covid-19 Hinders Pakistan's Progress on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Manual garbage dumping is common in Bangladesh despite the dangers to human health. Many children have no other choice but to search landfills for food. Halishahar, Chattogram, Aug. 27, 2019. Image: Shahriar Farzana.

Pictures of Public Health in Bangladesh

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