Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases - East

Act to End NTDs | East builds on the successes achieved through previous Agency investments to expand and strengthen national integrated NTD programs to achieve the WHO 2020 NTD goals.

This five-year award, managed by RTI International, is intended to support disease-endemic countries to control and/or eliminate NTDs with proven, cost-effective public health interventions to treat and measure treatment impact against seven NTDs: lymphatic filariasis, blinding trachoma, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and three intestinal worms known as soil-transmitted helminths.

In addition to continued support toward global disease elimination and control goals, Act to End NTDs | East will focus on helping countries on their journey to self-reliance by supporting them to integrate NTD programs into the broader national health systems and to strengthen technical, operation and financial capacity to operate NTD programs without U.S. foreign assistance funding.

This centrally managed agreement will support Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam.