Increase overall political and private sector engagement to NTDs to increase domestic resources for NTDs.
Strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations, including youth led groups, to make NTD decision-making spaces more inclusive.
Create an enabling environment at the national level for increased prioritization of NTD elimination.
On 30 January 2012, pharmaceutical companies, donors, endemic countries and non-government organizations came together to sign the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. Together, they committed to control, eliminate or eradicate 10 diseases by 2020 and improve the lives of over a billion people.
Ministers from 26 African countries gathered in Ethiopia to sign the Addis Ababa Commitment on Neglected Tropical Diseases. Through this commitment, they pledged to increase domestic investments, strengthen NTD program goals, work towards global control and elimination targets and use the NTD's network to strengthen their overall health systems.
TOGO became the first nation in sub sahara to be certified for the succesful elimination of lymphatic Filariasis as a public health problem.
Leaders of Commonwealth countries gathered in London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and committed to take action towards achieving access to quality eye care for all, including eliminating blinding trachoma by 2020.
GHANA eliminated trachoma freeing millions from suffering and blindness. It is the first in WHO’s African Region to achieve this milestone.
During the High-Level Meeting on China-Africa Health Cooperation, Health Ministers from China and several African countries agreed to cooperate to eliminate schistosomiasis through the launch of a new and re- emerging infectious diseases programme to prevent the disease in Africa.
In Armenia, 57 countries committed to eliminating neglected tropical diseases through the adoption of a resolution at the XVIII Summit of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
The creation of the NTD coalition of Civil Service Societies to improve governance at both national and regional levels, build accountability and increase ownership of NTD -related issues.
The No to NTD Movement is a grassroot movement aimed at increasing awareness, prioritization and national commitment to accelerate the control and elimination of NTDs in Africa. This movement showcases the critical role each and every one of us has to play to eliminate neglected tropical diseases.