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.
After it’s launch on February 25th, our “” video gained 485,000 views and introduced hundreds of thousands of new people to NTDs!
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!
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.
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.
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.
This September, you helped provide millions of children in Myanmar with NTD treatment. See the impact you made.
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.