On World NTD Day 2024, PAHO/WHO is calling on everyone, including leaders and communities, to Unite, to Act, and to Eliminate.
NTDs, or neglected infectious diseases, are a diverse group of some 20 conditions that are widespread where people in vulnerability situation live, where water safety, sanitation, and access to health care are inadequate or suboptimal. Caused mostly by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, and toxins, NTDs affect over 1 billion people globally and are responsible for thousands of preventable deaths every year.
These diseases are called “neglected” because they have historically ranked very low on the global health agenda, when they have appeared at all, receiving little attention and funding. NTDs cost developing communities the equivalent of billions of dollars every year in direct health costs, loss of productivity and reduced socioeconomic and educational attainment…read more
See more:
- WHO Campaign: World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2024
- PAHO’s Elimination Initiative
- Neglected, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases
- World Leprosy Day 2024: Beat Leprosy
Related links:
- Servicio Autónomo Centro Amazónico de Investigación y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales Simón Bolívar (CAICET)
- Mapa de Evidências: Leishmaniose Visceral. Mapa de Evidencias: Leishmaniasis Visceral. Evidence Map: Visceral Leishmaniasis
- Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas (EID) / Doenças Infecciosas Negligenciadas (DIN) / Neglected Infectious Diseases (NID)
- Facebook: BVS Hanseníase. Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde Hanseníase
- International Textbook of Leprosy
- Brasil está quase livre da oncocercose
- Doenças negligenciadas
- Brucelose Humana: causas, sintomas, tratamento, diagnóstico e prevenção
- Leishmaniose
- Orphanet: o portal sobre doenças raras e medicamentos órfãos
