World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: 30 January

January 31, 2022

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (World NTD Day) is observed on January 30 every year.

World NTD Day serves as a catalyst to translate awareness into action, secure increased resources for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and crucially facilitate political leadership and ownership of NTD programmes from affected countries. 2022 theme is ‘Achieving health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related diseases’. The 2022 slogan is “From neglect to care”.