01543nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001653003900042653004100081653000900122653001800131653001300149653001500162653001800177100001300195700001200208245007500220856003300295300001200328490000700340520097800347       2018                            d10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)10aSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)10aMDGs10aGlobal health10aevidence10aIndicators10aHealth Policy1 aTaylor E1 aSmith J00aNeglected tropical diseases and equity in the post-2015 health agenda.  uhttps://tinyurl.com/y752xvmw  a147-1580 v493 a<p>The Millennium Development Goals’ focus on just three infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, malaria, and belatedly, tuberculosis) configured the global health funding landscape for 15 years. neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of 17 or so diseases that disproportionately afflict the world’s ‘bottom billion’, are a symbol of global health inequities, in terms of prioritisation, research attention, and treatment. This article traces efforts to include NTDs in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda and, having achieved that goal, lobby for an influential position in the post-2015 aid agenda. The SDGs herald a shift to a more expansive approach and there is a risk that NTDs will once again be left behind, lost in a panoply of new goals and targets. There is, however, an opportunity for NTDs to lever their ‘neglect’ and be recast as a tool of accountability, acting as both a target for and proxy indicator of health equity for the SDGs.</p>