The Challenge
Neglected tropical diseases affect 1.4 billion people, including nearly 1 billion children, with stunted growth, irreversible blindness, swollen limbs, and excruciatingly painful itching.
Intestinal Worms
914M children require treatment
River Blindness
244M people require treatment
Schistosomiasis
251M people require treatment
Trachoma
116M people require treatment
Lymphatic Filariasis
485M people require treatment
Visceral Leishmaniasis
50,000-90,000 annual life-threatening cases
Our Vision
To ensure people at risk of neglected tropical diseases can live healthy and prosperous lives.
Our Mission
To control and eliminate six neglected tropical diseases: river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis, intestinal worms, and visceral leishmaniasis.
OUR Impact
Our work to treat neglected tropical diseases helps children stay healthy and in school, prevents advanced cases that cause irreversible disability, and reduces the economic burden of disease on families.
People Treated in 2025
Number of Treatments from 2012 – 2025
Value of Treatments from 2012 – 2025
Health Workers Trained from 2012 – 2025
Surgeries Performed from 2012 – 2025
How we work
The END Fund efficiently puts private capital to work, advocating for neglected tropical disease programs that are innovative, integrated and cost-effective. We facilitate strong partnerships with the private sector, government partners, and local programmatic partners to collaboratively support national disease programs. This is done through a proven model that is tailored to meet the needs of individual countries.
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Where we work
The END Fund works with a network of partners around the world to eliminate neglected tropical diseases.
