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Neglected tropical diseases

There are currently a range of communicable diseases classified as ‘neglected tropical diseases’. NTDs affect over one billion people worldwide and cause immense human suffering, chronic disability and around 500,000 deaths a year 

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Dengue

Our approach to NTDs
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FILM: On the 5th Anniversary of the London Declaration on NTDs (February 2017), we looked back on some of our favourite moments in the fight against NTDs
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