Every year on January 30th, the global health and development community comes together to acknowledge World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day. Affecting the world’s poorest people, NTDs include several parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases that cause substantial illness for more than 1.7 billion globally. NTDs are responsible for thousands of preventable deaths each year and cause impairments that perpetuate the cycle of poverty-keeping millions of adults out of work an