Sobre a Série do Curso Neglected Tropical Diseases

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 ...

This course is based on the Manual on Safety in Administering Medicines for Neglected Tropical Diseases which provides practical tools, training modules and jobs aids to further improve the plannin...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, is fatal if left untreated in over 95% of cases. It is characterized by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss, enlargement of the spleen and li...