Special ReportNeglected Tropical DiseasesDespite some progress, the fight against neglected tropical diseases is a long way from the finishRace to zero: India’s fight against elephantiasisHousehold by household, person by person, an army of health workers is trying to rid India of an ancient and disfiguring diseaseThe long road to elimination of neglected tropical diseasesDespite some progress, the fight is a long way from the finishA guide to neglected tropical diseases prioritised by the World Health OrganisationThe World Health Organisation has selected 18 as good candidates to be controlledLeprosy: India’s hidden plagueFunding and progress on treatment for the disease stalled, pushing those afflicted into a life of stigma and povertySyria’s ‘Aleppo boil’ spreads with refugees through the regionThe country’s civil war has allowed the infamous disease to re-emerge, and even families that have fled have not escaped itPoverty, open sewers and parasites: ‘America’s dirty shame’Tropical parasites are thriving in the hot, humid US south, where the poorest areas face new healthcare budget cutsMore from this Special ReportDr Margaret Chan: The tide is turning for neglected tropical diseasesThe World Health Organisation’s director-general on why extra resources are vital in the fight against neglected tropical diseasesMore engagement on neglected tropical diseases needed from drugmakersPharma companies must share intellectual property to spur the development of new treatmentsA mysterious leishmaniasis outbreak in SpainThe cause of an epidemic in a Madrid suburb mystified doctors, so they turned detectiveChagas disease: The Brazilian forest bites backBugs that lost their natural habitat through deforestation in the Amazon region are spreading disease in human settlementsPioneering surgery on the plains of Western ChinaA world-leading programme in the region’s vast uplands is battling an epidemic of the parasitic disease echinococcosisSnail fever: the threat in Suriname’s waterThe last steps in fighting the ‘most deadly neglected tropical disease’ are being slowed by a lack of fundingPhilanthropy: the search for the best way to giveOne financier spent years looking for the most effective way to raise and spend funds‘We didn’t know we would go blind’: fighting onchocerciasis in GhanaVolunteers in remote areas are helping to bring the diseases under control, though millions of people remain at riskPapua New Guinea struggles to eradicate yaws diseaseA single tablet has been shown to treat yaws cheaply and effectively but drugs and funding are in short supply
