Nearly one in six people suffer from NTDs – bacterial and parasitic diseases that disable people and perpetuate poverty. The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, is dedicated to raising the awareness, political will, and funding required to eliminate these diseases as a public health threat to the world’s poorest communities.

50 Cents	Introducing NTDs	Getting the Word Out
That’s all it takes to treat the seven diseases affecting 90% of the world’s poorest people.	More than 1 billion people, including 500 million children, are living with these debilitating diseases.	We’re building a community of supporters who are committed to seeing the end of NTDs.