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Every year, GiveWell spends thousands of hours researching the most cost-effective organizations that will create the greatest impact. Our partners, The END Fund, SCI Foundation, Sightsavers and Evidence Action topped their 2020 'Treatments for parasitic worm infections' organisations list.

The Seventy-third World Health Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed the WHO new road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) for 2021−2030.

New modelling on COVID-19’s impact on NTDs has shown extra rounds of MDA for schistosomiasis could speed up progress. Check out how intensified strategies offer a chance to close the gap towards the WHO 2030 targets.

Do you have an innovative idea to help beat neglected tropical diseases? The Ascend West and Central Africa programme is excited to announce the opening of the second Cycle of the Ascend Learning and Innovation Fund, to accelerate the control and elimination efforts for up to five neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, the Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine (NUITM) and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Merck are joining forces to accelerate development and access to a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for schistosomiasis.