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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

January 30, 2023

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The Center for Global Health (CGH) works to protect Americans from dangerous and costly public health threats, including COVID-19, vaccine-preventable diseases, HIV, TB, and malaria—responding when and where health threats arise.

World NTD Day 2023: The diagnostic development pathway

Read how diagnostic tests to support surveillance are foundational to NTD control and elimination programs.

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A Letter from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

This World NTD Day, we call attention to the burden of NTDs and highlight the progress made and steps still needed to eliminate them.

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