1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act . 2. Table of contents Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Statement of policy. Sec. 4. Findings. Sec. 5. Definition. Sec. 6. Rule of construction. Sec. 7. Expansion of United States Agency for International Development Neglected Tropical Diseases Program. Sec. 8. Actions by Department of State. Sec. 9. Multilateral development and health institutions. 3. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to support a broad range of implementation and research and development activities that work toward the achievement of cost-effective and sustainable treatment, control, and, where possible, elimination of neglected tropical diseases for the economic and social well-being of all people. 4. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Approximately 2 billion people, almost one-third of the world’s population, are at risk of contracting an NTD, and more than 1.4 billion people are currently afflicted with 1 or more NTDs. (2) In 2013, WHO adopted a comprehensive resolution on NTDs recognizing that increased national and international investments in prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases have succeeded in improving health and social well-being in many countries. (3) NTDs have an enormous impact in terms of disease burden and quality of life. NTDs cause the loss of up to 534,000 lives and 57 million disability-adjusted life-years each year. NTDs surpass both malaria and tuberculosis in causing greater loss of life-years to disability and premature death. Many NTDs cause disfigurement and disability, leading to stigma, social discrimination, and societal marginalization. (4) NTDs create an economic burden of billions of dollars through the loss of productivity and high costs of health care required for treatment. People afflicted by NTDs are less productive than their healthy counterparts. NTDs jeopardize the