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NGOs are uniquely placed to reach the world's least-served populations and play a critical role in working with governments towards universal health coverage.

Picture the scene: there's a knock at the door. It's your neighbour with a colourfully painted stick and a notebook, asking to measure you so he can give the co

NTD programmes can be viewed as an investment in the poorest and most marginalised communities and a critical step towards reaching the 2030 Sustainable Develop

This year's annual African Union Summit was an important and historic milestone for the neglected tropical disease community.

30 January 2022 is the third annual World NTD Day. Adopted at the 74th World Health Assembly, this day recognises that NTDs are widespread in the world's poores

It has often seemed that men are more commonly affected by leprosy than women. Evidence now shows near parity in rates of affected women and men — but why the c

Global Handwashing Day serves as an important reminder for NTD stakeholders to place hygiene at the heart of efforts to build a healthier, dignified and more eq

To mark the launch of the WHO 2021-2030 Global WASH & NTD Strategy, the NNN WASH Working Group caught up with Dr. Sultani Hadley Matendechero, Director of Kenya

The NNN celebrates the second annual World NTD Day, taking stock of contributions from our global community of 85 members and reflecting on what is needed to su

American Leprosy Missions announced the winners of the 2020 NTD Innovation Prize during the closing session of the virtual 11th NTD NGO Network Conference, in p

For the inaugural World NTD Day, Yaobi Zhang, Chair of NNN, speaks on the decisive year ahead: a global NTD summit in Kigali, the WHO NTD Roadmap for 2021-2030,

On 28 January 2018, the NNN community recognises World Leprosy Day, with a focus on preventing leprosy-related disabilities in young girls and boys.