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<title>Our World in Data - Neglected Tropical Diseases</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2025-10-17T04:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Only two countries recorded human cases of guinea worm disease in 2024</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/only-two-countries-recorded-human-cases-of-guinea-worm-disease-in-2024</id>
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    <published>2025-10-17T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/only-two-countries-recorded-human-cases-of-guinea-worm-disease-in-2024"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0d04dd86-d3db-4b5a-7062-5c96f286bc00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>How Wolbachia bacteria could help us tackle some of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/wolbachia-neglected-tropical-diseases</id>
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    <published>2025-09-22T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A common bacterium can dramatically reduce the spread of dengue fever and other tropical diseases.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/wolbachia-neglected-tropical-diseases"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b73cc19b-5461-4c8f-99dd-5ff063cbd900/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Through sustained effort, we are close to eradicating guinea worm disease</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/through-sustained-effort-we-are-close-to-eradicating-guinea-worm-disease</id>
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    <published>2024-07-25T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Tuna Acisu</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/through-sustained-effort-we-are-close-to-eradicating-guinea-worm-disease"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6346ddd5-ae66-45ad-c158-550348acd800/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Funding to study neglected tropical diseases and develop new technologies is very limited</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/funding-to-study-neglected-tropical-diseases-and-develop-new-technologies-is-very-limited</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/funding-to-study-neglected-tropical-diseases-and-develop-new-technologies-is-very-limited"/>
    <published>2024-06-26T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/funding-to-study-neglected-tropical-diseases-and-develop-new-technologies-is-very-limited"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b5dfd2f1-c675-4dae-1293-05b7446b1900/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Trachoma: how a common cause of blindness can be prevented worldwide</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/trachoma-how-a-common-cause-of-blindness-can-be-prevented-worldwide</id>
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    <published>2024-06-17T09:38:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world has seen a large decline in trachoma, but millions are still at risk. How can we make more progress against it?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/trachoma-how-a-common-cause-of-blindness-can-be-prevented-worldwide"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e542e5ce-0c7c-4022-0b01-aa51f5145600/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Neglected Tropical Diseases</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/neglected-tropical-diseases</id>
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    <published>2024-06-17T09:04:51.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Neglected tropical diseases affect millions of people despite the existence of cheap interventions to control them.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/neglected-tropical-diseases"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f403ba89-fe6c-4f63-bea9-05faee4e1f00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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