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…. Ellen Agler, public health leader, CEO of the END Fund and author of Under the Big Tree Big idea: Parasitic worms have been around for thousands of years, causing disease and limiting human potential.…

In this segment of the Business of Giving, Ellen Agler, CEO of the END Fund, and author of a new book Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary Stories From the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases, discusses progress in reducing diseases that often affect the poorest, most vulnerable people in developing countries.…

KIGALI, Rwanda – A 30% reduction in the prevalence of intestinal worms in Rwanda in six years has represented a wonderful return on investment and transformed the lives of millions of people, but there is more to do and more resources are needed according to an impact report published by the END fund today.…

 The END Fund, an initiative dedicated to ending neglected tropical diseases, has raised over $100 million, primarily through facilitating partnerships and private capital.…

 …..Organisations like the END Fund are working to strengthen local health systems, deepen knowledge about NTDs, and integrate with local efforts to scale up community health worker programs.…

….. Indeed, the Kenya studies found that the cheapest way to get a marginal child in the school system isn’t by building schools, but by deworming children.…

…. We choose to support projects and partners with proven impact on the toughest challenges and most vulnerable communities.…

…..“There are hundreds of millions more people getting treated now than five years ago,” Ellen Agler, head of the END Fund, a philanthropic initiative to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in emailed comments.…