Mar 20, 2025 · Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas, where they mostly affect impoverished communities and disproportionately affect women and children. These diseases cause devastating health, social and economic consequences to more than one billion people. The epidemiology of NTDs is complex and often related to environmental ...

Jan 8, 2025 · NTD programmes have been among the most frequently and severely affected by the pandemic across health systems. Many countries had to delay community-based interventions such as preventive chemotherapy or active case-finding, while access to health-facility services dropped because of movement restrictions for both health staff and patients.

Caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasitic worms, fungi and toxins, NTDs affect over 1 billion people globally and are responsible for thousands of preventable deaths every year. As of end 2023, the population requiring interventions for at least one NTD is estimated at 1.5 billion.

Jan 28, 2021 · New road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021−2030 ‘Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030’ is a high-level strategic document and advocacy tool, aimed at strengthening programmatic response to NTDs through shared goals and disease specific targets backed by smarter investments.

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Jan 30, 2025 · World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is observed every year on 30 January. On World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on everybody, including leaders and communities, to unite, act and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by making bold, sustainable investments to free the estimated 1.5 billion people, in the world’s most vulnerable ...

NTD berdampak terhadap lebih dari 1 miliar orang di dunia dan kebanyakan disebabkan oleh berbagai varian patogen termasuk virus, bakteri, parasit, jamur, dan toksin. Penyakit-penyakit ini “terabaikan” karena mereka hampir hilang dari agenda kesehatan dunia, mendapatkan pembiayaan yang minim, dan dikaitkan dengan stigma dan pengucilan sosial.

World NTD Day is a global health day. In May, through Decision 74(18), the World Health Assembly establishes World NTD Day as a global health day, to be observed annually on 30 January. On this day in 2012, both the first NTD road map and the London Declaration had been launched. World NTD Day

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of conditions of parasitic, bacterial, viral, fungal and non-communicable origin.

Jan 30, 2023 · The new progress report shows that the number of people requiring NTD interventions fell by 80 million between 2020 and 2021, and eight countries were certified or validated as having eliminated one NTD in 2022 alone. As of December 2022, 47 countries had eliminated at least one NTD and more countries were in the process of achieving this target.