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Priyanka Chopra has been featured alongside Hollywood celebrities like Emily Blunt, Tom Felton, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hollander among others in a hard-hitting new video.

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Priyanka Chopra has been featured alongside Hollywood celebrities like Emily Blunt, Tom Felton, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hollander among others in a hard-hitting new video released in support of the global effort to control and eliminate seven diseases that plague millions of people around the world.

In the video — part of the END7 campaign, which is a public awareness initiative dedicated to controlling and eliminating the seven most prevalent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by 2020 — international actors and musicians witness the devastation NTDs cause and encourage their fans to be part of the solution.

“In India alone, nearly 700 million people are at risk for elephantiasis and more than 200 million children are at risk for worm infections. Through the END7 campaign, we can offer a solution that will change the lives of millions of people living in poverty in Asia and around the world. I am proud to be a part of the global effort to end these diseases,” said Priyanka.

The actress joined the growing list of supporters including Katy Perry, Ewan McGregor, Alyssa Milano, Norah Jones, Rosanna Cash, Paula Abdul and Stella McCartney.

“Until recently, I didn’t even know these diseases existed,” said Emily Blunt of Devil Wears Prada fame. The seven most common NTDs — hookworm, ascariasis (roundworm), trichuriasis (whipworm), schistosomiasis (snail fever), lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness) and trachoma — infect more than one in six people worldwide,  causing blindness, massive swelling in appendages and limbs, severe malnutrition and anemia.

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