Fight Against Parasitic Worms, Sleeping Sickness Gets Funds (1)

Donors announced new funding and drug contributions to combat the spread of neglected tropical diseases, helping offset a sharp decline in treatment in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The US assigned $114.5 million to the US Agency for International Development to help stop five of the most onerous tropical illnesses, according to Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, a collective that works to eradicate the illnesses. British drugmaker GSK Plc extended its donation commitment for soil-transmitted helminthiasis — an infestation of intestinal parasitic worms, it said.

Tropical diseases including malaria, trachoma and leprosy, which disproportionately afflict women and children ...