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Nov 7, 2025 - 1.6 billion people around the world are affected by neglected tropical diseases but they have largely been ignored by the traditional pharmaceutical industry.

May 19, 2025 - Estimated number of people requiring medical treatment for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infectious diseases including ectoparasites like mites and fleas [1,2,3]. NTD i...

Nov 27, 2025 - Ghana, alongside Burkina Faso, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire, has launched a three-day cross-border meeting to strengthen collaboration in the fight against

UGA's Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases is one of the largest international centers of research focused on diseases of poverty.

Sep 16, 2025 - Intestinal worms, also known as ‘soil-transmitted helminths’, are part of a group of conditions known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

The fungal genus Ganoderma includes around 80 currently recognized species that are widely distributed in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions, and...

Nov 25, 2024 - In the latest ‘Community Case Studies’ blog from PLOS Mental Health, we speak to Dr. Anil Fastenau, an author on a recent…

Exploring the pathophysiology and control of tropical diseases with a focus on integrative prevention, control, and treatment methods, and the associated...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are group of parasitic, viral and bacterial infections that each year cause significant morbidity and mortality commonly in...

This chart shows the amount of annual funding for research and development (R&D) to understand, treat, and develop technologies against neglected tropical...