The awareness of the importance of fungal diseases has unquestionably increased in the last decade. The recognition by WHO that several mycoses are neglected and the launch of the pathogens’ priority list represent major advances as do other initiatives such as the US Centre for Disease Control’s fungal diseases awareness week (https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/ awareness-week.html), the Global Action For Fungal Infections (GAFFI; https://gaffi.org/) and others. [...] Given that over 6 billion people are estimated to have fungal diseases with up to 30% considered serious fungal infections, now is the time for concrete actions to fight a neglected problem that deeply impacts public health.