Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a persistent public health threat, and tackling them is not just a moral obligation, ...

Tuck Seng Wong and Kang Lan Tee (The Jakarta Post) eglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a persistent public health threat, and tackling them is not just a moral obligation, but a smart investment.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a persistent public health threat, and tackling them is not just a moral obligation, but a smart investment. NTDs disproportionately affect the poorest ...

Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research have listed ways Nigerians could break the transmission of some Neglected Tropical Diseases in the country. The team of researchers ...

African health experts have renewed commitment to accelerate efforts to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that continue to affect over a billion people globally, 40% of whom live in the African ...

Cairo: The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in Sudan's two-year war, its director and another expert say. Mycetoma is ...

The World Health Organization’s 2030 road map for neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs, includes recommendations for incorporating water, sanitation, and hygiene, or WASH, into NTD prevention ...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), of which there are 19 according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 1, together affect more than one billion people across 149 countries worldwide.

German medic Annette Densing has raised alarm over neglected tropical diseases in Trans Nzoia, citing rising trachoma cases linked to unsafe water Annette Densing, through the AllanNett Foundation ...

Mycetoma is caused by bacteria or fungus and usually enters the body through cuts. It is a progressively destructive infectious disease of the body tissue, affecting skin, muscle and even bone.