Neglected Tropical Diseases

We’re playing a pivotal role in the global movement to stamp out 17 diseases—known as neglected tropical diseases—that together threaten more than a billion people in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Central and South America.

April 12, 2017
Waking from sleeping sickness in the DRC
Feb. 15, 2018
Going the last mile to eliminate a long-neglected disease: sleeping sickness
Sept. 28, 2016
Taking parasitic worms out of childhood
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Articles from our global team
23 Articles
23 Articles
23 Articles
  1. Vector control is the backbone of the kala azar elimination strategy. PATH’s Amresh Kumar, MD, and other team members in Uttar Pradesh conducting indoor residual spraying that helps reduce the vector, the sandfly. Photo: PATH.
    January 28, 2022

    Going the last mile to eliminate a long-neglected disease

    Every year, 90,000 people are affected by visceral leishmaniasis, a deadly parasitic disease. PATH and partners are making great strides toward elimination.
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    January 26, 2021

    Searching for the last case of sleeping sickness

    Dr. Lambert Mukendi is accelerating efforts against this debilitating disease with new skills from a PATH-supported fellowship program.
  3. A nurse at a clinic in Nairobi, Kenya uses a wall chart to record their immunization statistics. Photo: PATH/Breese McIlvaine
    December 16, 2020

    12 health moments you might have missed in 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic was undoubtedly the public health story of the year—but it wasn’t the only one.
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    December 2, 2019

    Five trending topics in global health

    PATH just returned from the 68th meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), a large global health conference held each year. Here are some of our takeaways.

  5. This family in Laos knew firsthand the importance of vaccinating their children against Japanese encephalitis.
    October 2, 2019

    Hope for a village: A family’s love to protect their children

    A story of loss, love, and new hope—in the form of a vaccine.
  6. A doctor at Chaoyang Maternal and Child Health Care Centre in Beijing, China, immunizes a young girl against Japanese encephalitis while her father comforts her. Photo: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    August 20, 2019

    How a little-known vaccine in China became a global lifesaving tool

    A Chinese vaccine manufacturer and PATH partnered to scale a lifesaving vaccine, protecting millions of children across Asia from deadly Japanese encephalitis.
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