Global InformationKigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases information
The Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases is a global health project that aims to mobilise political and financial resources for the control and eradication of infectious diseases, the so-called neglected tropical diseases due to different parasitic infections.[1] Launched by the Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases on 27 January 2022, it was the culmination and join commitment declared at the Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) hosted by the Government of Rwanda at its capital city Kigali on 23 June 2022.
The declaration was launched as a support for the World Health Organization's 2021–30 road map for NTDs and the target of Sustainable Development Goal 3 to end NTD epidemics; and as a follow-up project of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases.[2] Supported by WHO, governments of the Commonwealth of Nations pledged the endorsement, along with commitments from pharmaceutical companies including GSK plc, Novartis, Pfizer, Sightsavers and the Wellcome Trust.[3]
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