A global response was therefore warranted. Yet, NTDs were estimated to affect close to 2 billion people at the turn of the millennium, with a collective burden equivalent to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria. ![]() ![]() They are intimately related to poverty, cause important local burdens of disease, but individually do not represent global priorities. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have long been overlooked in the global health agenda.
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