Nigeria international William Troost-Ekong has started a campaign to draw attention to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect more than 120 million Nigerians. In partnership with the END Fund and Common Goal, the 25-year-old calls on affected Nigerians to seek free treatment.
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect more than 1.5 billion of the world’s most impoverished people, including 869 million children. They include intestinal worms, schistosomiasis, river blindness, trachoma, and lymphatic filariasis.
Getting set for his maiden appearance at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, the Udinese defender is hoping that every Nigerian will participate in the free treatment campaigns from several END Fund partners across the country.