UK to protect 140 million from neglected tropical diseases

Department for International Development

British support is leading the way and will protect more than 140 million of the world’s poor from NTDs.

International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien announced today the UK's pledge of a five-fold increase in support to help rid the world of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), currently affecting one billion people and killing more than half a million every year.

British support, part of an international effort, is leading the way and will protect more than 140 million of the world’s poorest men, women and children from the agonising pain caused by these avoidable infections which deform, disable, blind and kill.

Click here to read DFID's press release in full

Click here to watch BBC News' report which includes an interview with SCI Director Professor Alan Fenwick.

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