Discovery Center

Tour & Staff Chat: World NTD Day

Awareness for Neglected Tropical Diseases

Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 2 - 3 pm PST

No registration required

Staff members leads a tour discussing the importance of mosquito nets in protecting from NTDs.
Visitors enjoy guided tour at the World Toilet Day celebration at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center in Seattle, WA on November 16, 2024.

Tour the galleries for 30 minutes with a Discovery Center guide and then chat with a featured staff member at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation about their area of focus.

This week

Jordan Tappero, Deputy Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases – Global Health 
at the Gates Foundation 

Jordan will be on hand to discuss the work of the Gates Foundation’s Infectious Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) as a lead into World NTD Day on January 30.

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