Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
We coordinate and support policies and strategies to enhance global access to interventions for the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases, including some zoonotic diseases.
The NTD road map: together towards 2030
The road map targets for 2030
Three types of targets are set by the road map: overarching, cross-cutting and disease-specificBuilt on three foundational pillars that support global efforts to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases
Pillar 1
Accelerate programmatic action:
reduce incidence, prevalence, morbidity, disability and death
reduce incidence, prevalence, morbidity, disability and death
Pillar 2
Intensify cross-cutting approaches:
integrate interventions, mainstream services and coordinate action
integrate interventions, mainstream services and coordinate action
Pillar 3
Change operating models and culture to facilitate country ownership:
clarify stakeholders’ roles, understand cultures and align to reach 2030 targets
clarify stakeholders’ roles, understand cultures and align to reach 2030 targets
News and agenda
Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2024
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10 June 2024 | A meta-analysis co-authored by Nobel Prize winner Professor Michael Kremer reaffirms significant positive health impacts of mass treatment with albendazole or mebendazole.
27 March 2024 | video (webinar). Why is Dengue fever spreading to places it did not exist before? What are the symptoms and treatments? What about vaccines? Dr Raman Velayudhan explains in Science in 5.
Technical areas of work
Department's activities
The department coordinates and supports policies and strategies to enhance global access to interventions for the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of NTDs.
COVID-19 and NTDs
Across the whole spectrum of essential health services, NTD interventions have been found to be among the most frequently and most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
STAG-NTD
The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) is the principal advisory group to the WHO for the control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Latest publications
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30 June 2024
Report of the sixth meeting of the WHO Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group for Neglected...
WHO/NTD convened the sixth DTAG meeting on 14–15 February 2024, with the following objectives relating to the end-to-end process of diagnostic development
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a parasitic infection that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and is almost invariably fatal...
Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites which are transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies. The disease is poverty-related...
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