Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are parasitic and bacterial infections that affect over a billion of the world’s poorest people - that's one sixth of the world's population!

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These diseases cause blindness, disabilities and disfigurements trapping infected people in a cycle of poverty and limiting their ability to work, attend school or even care for their families.

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The presence of NTDs increases susceptibility to other diseases (HIV).

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They are neglected diseases yet they are curable and preventable.