About the Neglected Tropical Diseases Course Series
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are mainly prevalent in tropical areas, where they affect impoverished, underserved communities. They cause devastating health, social and economic consequences. WHO estimates that more than 1.7 billion people require treatment for at least one NTD every year.
The NTD channel offers learning resources to support implementation of the NTD road map for 2021-2030, Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals. The road map sets global targets and milestones to prevent, control, eliminate or eradicate 20 diseases and disease groups, as well as overarching and cross-cutting targets aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. In pursuit of these cross-cutting targets and the goal of achieving skin health for all, the channel also includes courses on non-NTDs given their importance for differential diagnosis and related case management.
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In 2017, the WHO added chromoblastomycosis (also called chromomycosis) to the list of neglected tropical diseases. Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, progressive fungal infection of the skin and sub...
For vector and pest control, different methods and strategies are available and several of them involve the use of pesticides. Depending on the local context, public health authorities need to care...
The monitoring and evaluating framework for progress of the road map for NTDs 2021-2030 is the second companion document to the road map. The goal of this document is to facilitate tracking of prog...
Buruli ulcer is a chronic debilitating disease Mycobacterium ulcerans that mainly affects the skin and sometimes bone. The mode of transmission to humans is unknown. Currently, early diagnosis and ...
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) continue to cause hardship and harm to over one billion people worldwide, burdening individuals, families and communities who are already marginalized and disadva...
Ensuring sustainability of NTD interventions and outcomes is a key goal of the NTD road map 2021–2030, as achieving the 2030 targets set for control, elimination and eradication will require substa...
Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021−2030 was prepared through an extensive global consultation pursuant to decision EB146...
Onchocerciasis – or “river blindness” – is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus transmitted by repeated bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp.). These blackflies...
Noma (cancrum oris) is a serious gangrenous disease of the mouth and face, mainly affecting children aged 2 to 6 years in sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite substantial knowledge gaps, it is reported to...
Le noma (cancrum oris) est une maladie gangreneuse grave de la bouche et du visage qui touche principalement les enfants âgés de deux à six ans en Afrique subsaharienne.
Malgré d’importantes lacu...
O noma (cancrum oris) é uma doença gangrenosa grave da boca e da face, afectando principalmente crianças entre os dois e os seis anos na África subsariana.
Apesar das consideráveis lacunas de con...
Noma (cancrum oris) cuta ce mai tsanani ta baki da fuska, wadda ta fi shafar yara masu shekaru 2 zuwa 6 a yankin Saharar Afirka.
Duk da ɗimbin gibin ilimi, an ba da rahoton cewa yana da alaƙa da ...
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