An END7 Year in Review

 

The year 2013 was full of accomplishments in the fight to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Last week, we highlighted seven major accomplishments from the END7 campaign and the rest of the NTD community. We couldn’t have done it all without your help! Here’s to another year of providing even more opportunities for health to millions of people in 2014.

7 Days of END7 - Shocker

After it’s launch on February 25th, our “” video gained 485,000 views and introduced hundreds of thousands of new people to NTDs!

7 Days of Christmas - Honduras

This June, 1,051,659 Honduran children in 11,576 public schools will remain free from harmful parasitic worms in 2014 thanks to your support!

7 Days of END7 - Colombia

This July, Colombia became the first country in the Americas to eliminate river blindness! Read the The Carter Center’s press release to see how Colombia and global partners made it happen.

7 Days of Christmas - Kenya

This July, you helped END7 treat an entire community of people in Kenya. You made a difference in the lives of Neema, Fatuma and the rest of their family. Watch their story here.

7 Days of END7 - Ban Ki Moon

During 2013, we saw a lot of political action on NTDs! Thanks to you, the  responded to our call to recognize NTDs with this letter: http://bit.ly/1iJQSG8

On the country level, more than 60 countries now have national plans to defeat NTDs. Check out the recent launch of Uganda’s national plan here.

7 Days of END7 - Myanmar

This September, you helped provide millions of children in Myanmar with NTD treatment. See the impact you made.

7 Days of END7 - Year of Progress

We made huge progress this year with your help and we cannot thank you enough! Watch our video to see how far we’ve come.

 

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