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This bill — the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act — would expand programs to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which are infections caused by pathogens, including viruses, microbes, and helminths (parasitic worms), that disproportionately impact individuals living in extreme poverty, especially in developing countries. These diseases include leprosy, lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), and scabies.

The NTDs Program of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) would be directed to incorporate specified priorities, including: 1) conducting monitoring and evaluation of program investments; 2) including morbidity management in treatment plans; 3) addressing additional NTDs recognized as high-burden diseases; 4) continuing investments in research and development; and 5) investing in education (including primary and pre-primary education), food and nutrition security, maternal and child access to healthcare and water, sanitation and hygiene.

The president would be required to direct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to urge the World Bank Institute to take actions on NTDs, including deworming programs.

The Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) would be required to: 1) continue to promote the need for NTDs programs and activities through interagency groups and international forums; 2) report to Congress on NTDs in the United States; and 3) establish a panel to evaluate issues relating to worm infections, including potential solutions such as deworming medicines. The worm infections panel would also be responsible for developing five strategies for preventing recurrent infections, providing sanitation solutions, developing safer, better medicines and improving the cost-efficiency of the existing programs regarding worm infections.

The bill would authorize the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter into agreements and make grants to support one or more centers of excellence for NTD research, training, and treatment. These centers would be charged with conducting research into, training in and development of diagnosis, prevention, control and treatment methods for neglected tropical diseases.

This bill also addresses the need for the Global Fund — a public-private entity that focuses on assisting people with AIDs, tuberculosis, and malaria — to start recognizing and working with NTDs. It urges the Global Fund to focus on female genital schistosomiasis (FGS, a manifestation of Schistosoma haematobium infection) in addition to providing treatment for HIV/AIDS.

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