Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)
Publications - Neglected Tropical Diseases
Workshop on Master Plans for National Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme in the African Region Harare, Zimbabwe, 19 - 23 March 2012 (1.46 MB)
Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases in the African Region [ English ] [ Français ] [ Português]
Guide for Preparing a Master Plan for National Neglected Tropical Diseases Programmes in the African Region
[ English ][ Français ]
Leprosy Control in the WHO African Region Meeting of National Programme Managers and Partners, Brazzaville, Congo, 22-24 June 2010
Meeting report [ English ][ Français ]
Report of the Ninth Annual Meeting of Programme Managers for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, Bamako, Mali, 10–14 May 2010
Meeting Report [ English ][ French ]
Report of the Fifth Consultative Meeting on Leishmania/HIV Coinfection, Ethiopia, 20–22 March 2007 [827.8 kB]
WHO Praziquantel Annual Supply Cycle
Manual Preventive Chemoptherapy in Human Helminthiasis
Manuscript of Neglected Tropical Diseases Annual Report 2006
Resolutions on Neglected Tropical Diseases:
| Disease | WHA/RC Resolution (Year) | Target | Target Date |
| Leprosy | AFR/RC44/R5 (1994) | Maintain political commitment and support for the global Leprosy elimination goal | 2005 |
| Human African Trypanosomiasis | AFR/RC55/R3 (2005) | Strengthen capacity to elimination to Human African Trypanosomiasis as a public health problem | 2015 |
| Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) | WHA 44.5 (1991) | [French] | Eradication; country-by-country certification of elimination of transmission; certified by the International Commission | 1995 |
| Leprosy | WHA 44.9 (1991) | [French] | Elimination as a public health problem in all countries (i.e. prevalence of 1 case/10,000 population in each country) | 2005 |
| Major tropical parasitic diseases | WHA 27.52 (1974) | Called on WHO to intensify research on major tropical parasitic diseases | 1974 |
| Onchocerciasis | WHA 47.32 (1994) | [French] | Elimination of the disease as a public health problem and an obstacle to socio-economic development (defined as maintaining the annual biting rate, 1000/person per year and annual transmission potential, 100) | 2002 |
| Lymphatic Filariasis | WHA 50.29 (1997) | [French] | Elimination as a public health problem and the interruption of transmission | 2020 |
| Trachoma | WHA 51.11 (1998) | [French] | Elimination of blinding trachoma as a blinding disease | 2020 |
| Chagas disease | WHA 51.14 (1998) | [French] | Interruption of vector and serological (transfusion) transmission in all endemic countries in Latin America | 2010 |
| Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis | WHA 54.19 (2001) | [French] | Called on endemic countries to reduce helminthic infections by 2010 treat at least 75% of all school aged children at risk of morbidity from Schistosomiasis and other soil-transmitted helminthes | 2010 |
| Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) | WHA 57.9 (2004) | [French] | Calls for completion of eradcation of guinea-worm diseases (Dracunculiasis) | 2009 |
Leishmaniasis | WHA 60.13 (2007) | [French] | Member States were urged to encourage research on Leishmaniasis control, to identify appropriate and effective methods of control of vectors and reservoirs and find alternative safe, effective and affordable medicines. | 2007 |
Find the complete set of resolutions on NTDs at:: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/mediacentre/resolutions/en/index.html