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Home Clusters & Programmes Disease Prevention and Control Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected Tropical Diseases

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The mission of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Programme is to provide technical orientation, support and guidance to Member States in the WHO African Region in order to contribute to the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of Neglected Tropical Diseses (NTDs) and Zoonoses.


Overview

Objectives/functions

Policies and strategies

Regional targets


NTD featured publictaions

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cpr-repo-06
Report of the Fifth Consultative Meeting on Leishmania/HIV Coinfection, Ethiopia, 20–22 March 2007 Manual Preventive Chemoptherapy in Human Helminthiasis Manuscript of Neglected Tropical Diseases Annual Report 2006

 

 

 


 

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)

  • Overview
    • Objectives/functions
    • Policies and strategies
    • Regional targets
  • Programme components
    • Buruli Ulcer elimination
    • Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm) eradication
    • Human African Trypanosomiasis control
    • Leprosy elimination
    • Lymphatic Filariasis elimination
    • Onchocerciasis control
    • Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiases (STH) control
  • NTD Country profiles
  • NTD Publications
  • Related links

HIGHLIGHTS

Human African trypanosomiasis: number of new cases drops to historically low level in 50 years
1 June 2010

10 Facts on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Q&A: Neglected Tropical Diseases


PRESS MATERIALS

Conference Adopts Cotonou Declaration on Buruli Ulcer
Cotonou, 1 April 2009

WHO Buruli Ulcer Strategy to focus on Early Detection and Early Treatment
Cotonou, 30 March 2009


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