Neglected Tropical Diseases – Long Description

Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of preventable and treatable parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases that affect more than one billion people globally.

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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause devastating health and economic problems for the world’s poorest people, maintaining a cycle of poverty and disease. CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria translates science into action.

Researching better laboratory surveillance tools and making them ready for use by country programs where these diseases are being eliminated.

Assisting countries with implementing their programs and using new tools.

Providing global scientific leadership on NTD elimination through collaborations with World Health Organization (WHO) and others.

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This World NTD Day, we continue to celebrate the successes we’ve achieved, while meeting new challenges with scaled-up interventions and scientific research that will advance our efforts. — Monica Parise, MD,  Director of the Division of Parasitic Diseases & Malaria, CDC

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