Around 2018, Diango Tounkara started having trouble seeing at night. "I didn't know what was wrong," she says in Bambara, a language spoken in her native Mali. "It was getting worse and worse by the ...

SDG 1 - No poverty, SDG 3 - Good health and wellbeing, SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities. Neglected tropical diseases refers to a group of diseases caused by diverse pathogens, including viruses, bacteria ...

For close to two decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with countries around the world to combat neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. The term refers to a group of ...

Populations of a previously unknown member of the genus Treponema were found to be significantly above normal levels in patient's mouths.

A previously unknown species of bacteria found in noma patients could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical disease ...

Dr. Omesh Bharti joins WHO's oversight committee for neglected tropical diseases, enhancing India's role in global health strategy.