Berlin , 7 September 2023 - In an open letter, the Board of the German Network against Neglected Tropical Diseases reacts to the previous initiatives of the Federal Government to combat neglected tropical diseases and takes up again the answer of the Federal Government to the Question of the CDU/CSU- Parliamentary Group, Printed Matter 20/7155, June 2023. This letter is addressed to the Federal Chancellor, members of the German Bundestag, the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Federal Minister for Health, the Federal Minister for Education and Research and the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development. With five recommendations, the members of the network call for a stronger and more concrete focus on poverty-associated neglected tropical diseases in current debates and decisions on Global Health - Pandemic Prevention - Climate Change - Feminist Foreign and Development Policy.
