Path to global health equity: neglected tropical diseases

• Commonwealth leaders meeting in Rwanda turned their attention to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), spurring the Kigali Declaration, an agreement to combine forces to end many NTDs.
• NTDs affect one in five people worldwide, can cause suffering, death and other conditions, such as anaemia and malnutrition, and can lead to long-term health consequences, social stigma and economic problems.
• Evidence already exists to show that progress in eliminating NDTs is possible despite previous declining funding, particularly via combined efforts.

Leaders of the Commonwealth, a group of 54 countries that are home to a third of the world’s population, met in Kigali, Rwanda, between 20-25 June, with the aim of strengthening international...

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