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On World NTD Day 2025, Speak Up Africa is answering the global call to “Unite, Act, Eliminate” with its GO BEYOND initiative. Pushing the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) into uncharted territory by mobilizing a diverse coalition of voices. Bringing together artists and athletes to those living with and affected by NTDs, with a […]
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By Carol Karutu – the Vice President, Programs at the END Fund. Umare Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), recently praised the remarkable strides made in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Fifty countries have now eliminated an NTD and in the past few years alone Niger […]
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More than 1.7bn people require treatment for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) worldwide, with over 40% of the burden in Africa. Data indicate that reducing the illness and early death associated with NTDs would increase adults’ current and future economic productivity. Treating and preventing NTDs at a large scale could greatly increase the GDPs of countries […]
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