“End the Neglect,” the official blog for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is looking for blog contributions from professionals and students in the global health/development field.

The Global Network launched the “End the Neglect” blog to serve as a broad, transparent platform through which we as a community can continue to raise the profile of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and disseminate stories from the field. End the Neglect is a vital education resource that informs readers of the devastating impact of NTDs and the simple and cost-effective interventions available.

While “End the Neglect” specifically focuses on NTDs, we are also interested in highlighting bloggers with a broader global health perspective. Success stories, personal stories/testimonials from the field, photos, and video are all welcome!

We accept submissions on a rolling basis. If you are interested in blogging for us, please send a writing sample of no more than 500 words and a brief background of your work/educational experience to .

Our blog post submission guidelines are as follows:

• Keep length of posts between 200-500 words
• Include links to sites or articles that supplement your topic
• When quoting other blogs or publications in your post, please link to the original material if possible, and denote quoted material using quotation marks.
• Submit a brief biography (2-3 lines) and a photo for inclusion with your post.
• We appreciate suggestions for images to accompany posts. If you have photos available for publication, please submit them along with your post and include caption information and attribution information.
• If you don’t have images available, we will add one from our own photo stocks or from publicly available resources including Flickr or the CDC’s Public Health Image Library
• We encourage you to email your post to colleagues and friends to encourage comment and discussion
• Publication of posts is at the discretion of the Global Network, based on relevance of the subject matter as related to neglected tropical diseases and other global health issues.

Please review the guidelines for submissions below, and contact for more information. Please also visit us on and