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Revive neglected diseases fight, MPs from across the globe urge

Image: U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa [CC BY 2.0], via Flickr

G7 bloc has “critical role” in rebuilding momentum lost to Covid-19 and financial slump, MPs state

Parliamentarians from 24 countries around the world have called on G7 leaders meeting in Japan this week to increase the bloc’s investment in neglected tropical diseases.

In an open letter on 17 May, the MPs from countries including Nigeria, Uganda and the Maldives, say that the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economic downturn have caused setbacks in the fight against NTDs.

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