There are currently a range of communicable diseases classified as ‘neglected tropical diseases’. NTDsaffect over one billion people worldwide and cause immense human suffering, chronic disability and around 500,000 deaths a year
A child is measured for the correct treatment dosage for onchocerciasis (river blindness). Photo: Jenn Warren
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