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NTDs (neglected tropical diseases) are common in the world\"s poorest regions, where water quality, sanitation, and health care are poor.
The day offers an opportunity to focus on those who are impacted by NTDs and have limited or no access to prevention, treatment, or care services, as well as to address the inequities that characterise the disease.
These diseases are referred to as "neglected" because they are virtually absent from the global health agenda, receive little funding, and are linked to stigma and social exclusion. What they all have in common is affecting the low-income masses and in most cases leading to stigmatisation and subsequent spread. These include:
•Buruli ulcer,
•Chagas disease,
•Chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses,
•Dengue and chikungunya,
•Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease),
•Echinococcosis,
•Foodborne trematodiases,
•Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness),
•Leishmaniasis,
•Leprosy (Hansen’s disease),
•Lymphatic filariasis,
•Mycetoma,
•Onchocerciasis (river blindness),
•Rabies,
•Scabies and other ectoparasites,
•Schistosomiasis,
•Soil-transmitted helminthiases,
•Snakebite envenoming,
•Taeniasis/cysticercosis,
•Trachoma,
•Yaws and other endemic treponematoses.
Photo Credit: World Health Organisation (WHO)
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