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Onchocerciasis (aka river blindness): A blood worm infection transmitted by the bite of infected blackflies causing severe itching and eye lesions as the adult worm produces larvae and leading to visual impairment and permanent blindness.The 10 selected by the WHO for control and elimination by 2020 are:

10 of these have been targeted for control and elimination by 2020 World Health Organization has identified 17 Neglected Tropical Diseases. In total the WHO has identified 17 diseases or groups of diseases that fall within this category. Neglected Tropical Diseases are termed in this way because they infect hundreds of thousands to millions of people, predominantly the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, and yet receive comparatively little funding for basic, clinical or drug-development research and even less attention from governments, people and the media of affluent countries. We are excited to be hosting a day of free public events on Neglected Tropical Diseases. As both a museum and an institute of research our mission is to answer questions of broad significance to science and society using our unique expertise and collections and to share and communicate our findings to inspire and inform the public. The Museum is thrilled to be participating in this event, having a long-standing history in parasitic and neglected tropical disease research.

A pragmatic overview of what has been done, what has worked, what hasn't and what key areas still need to be achieved.

The 25 June sees the launch of the third progress report, 'Country Leadership and Collaboration on Neglected Tropical Diseases'. This commitment was first agreed upon in London in 2012 and has since been termed the London Declaration On NTDs.īy joining forces to fight NTDs the world would achieve a huge reduction in health inequality paving the way to sustainable improvements in health and development especially amongst the worlds poor. On 25 June the Museum will open its doors to a special event in celebration of the international and global commitment between countries, industry, charities and academia to work together against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).