Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of diseases that causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide but have until recently received limited attention from the affluent regions of the world. More than 1 billion people – one-sixth of the world’s population – suffer from one or more NTDs. These diseases affect the world’s most vulnerable populations, almost exclusively poor and powerless people living in rural areas and urban slums of low-income countries. Their impact on individuals and communities is devastating. Many of them cause severe disfigurement and disabilities, including blindness. More
Resources
- USAID’s Negleted Tropical Diseases NTD Website
- USAID NTD Fact Sheet (PDF 896 KB)
- USAID Power Point Presentation
- The World Health Organization’s Second Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases
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