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The Problem
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect more than 1.65 billion people, including nearly 1 billion children.
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Intestinal Worms:
914MChildren Require Treatment
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Lymphatic Filariasis:
794MRequire Treatment
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River Blindness:
244MRequire Treatment
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Schistosomiasis:
251MRequire Treatment
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Trachoma:
116MRequire Treatment
Our Vision
To ensure people at risk of neglected tropical diseases can live healthy and prosperous lives. At the END Fund, our commitment is to support efforts that accelerate the elimination of NTDs to achieve the 2030 World Health Organization elimination goals.
Our Impact
Our work to treat NTD’s helps children stay healthy and in school, prevents advanced cases that cause irreversible disability, and reduces the economic burden of disease on families.
201M People Treated in 2022
1.57B Number of Treatments from 2012-2022
$2.34B Value of Treatments from 2012-2022
5.10M Health Workers Trained from 2012-2022
96,018 Surgeries Performed from 2012-2022
Where We Work
News & Updates
Under the Radar: How Climate Change could be Fueling the Spread of the World’s most Neglected Diseases
By Henry Rosenbloom During the 2024 rainy season in Kenya, catastrophic rainfall left people vulnerable to neglected tropical diseases. From May to June, Kenya’s ‘long rain’ season, parts of the country – including Nairobi – saw as much as 200% of the average in central regions and some Rift Valley areas seeing more than double…
Wycliff Peter Omondi – Head Vector Borne & NTDs Unit, Ministry of Health, Kenya
I am the Head of the Vector Borne & Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit at the Ministry of Health in Kenya. My unit falls under the Disease Surveillance and Response Division, which reports to the Directorate of Public Health and Sanitation domiciled within the Public Health and Professional Standards Department. The unit I lead is tasked…
The pipeline to leadership positions for women in public health is broken. Can mentorship programs help bridge the gap?
By Maya Misikir Dr. Faraja Lyamuya’s interest in public health first came from watching her mother, a medical doctor in Tanzania. Growing up, she saw that her mother’s work wasn’t limited to the hospitals where she spent most of her time, but extended to villages, where she worked with primary school children on treating intestinal…
NTD Elimination on the Horizon – Rwanda’s Blueprint for Eliminating Parasitic Worms
By Henry Rosenbloom Before the creation of Rwanda’s neglected tropical disease program in 2007, there had been little research on two debilitating parasites running rampant throughout the country: intestinal worms and schistosomiasis. But in 2019, the Rwandan government began financing 100% of the operational costs related to mass treatment campaigns that have successfully curtailed these…