Bill > S3212

This bill, the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act, aims to facilitate effective research on and treatment of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through coordinated domestic and international efforts. Key provisions include: - Continuing and potentially expanding the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, which has supported the distribution of over 2 billion treatments in 31 countries. - Encouraging the Department of State to consider the impact of NTDs on efforts to control HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and to encourage G20 countries to increase their role in controlling and eliminating NTDs. - Promoting efforts to address NTDs through interagency working groups and international forums. - Requiring a report on the epidemiology, impact, and funding required to address NTDs in the United States. - Establishing centers of excellence for research, training, and development of methods to diagnose, prevent, control, and treat NTDs. - Establishing a panel to evaluate issues and develop recommendations related to solutions for worm infections, such as deworming medicines, vector control, and clean water. The bill aims to support a broad range of implementation and research and development activities to achieve cost-effective and sustainable treatment, control, and potential elimination of NTDs for the economic and social well-being of all people.

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