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WORLD NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES (NTDs) DAY


𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦 (𝗡𝗧𝗗𝘀) 𝗗𝗔𝗬


𝟹𝟶𝚃𝙷 𝙹𝙰𝙽𝚄𝙰𝚁𝚈


🅃🄷🄴🄼🄴: 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 


The COVID-19 pandemic and an unpredictably changing global environment provide difficulties for the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) community's activities. Despite these obstacles, progress has been achieved in some nations' efforts to eliminate at least one NTD in the past year. The milestones for preventing, controlling, eliminating, and eradicating a varied range of 20 neglected tropical diseases and disease groups are part of the progress toward the global targets for 2030 (The road map for NTD) as specified by the World Health Organization. 


The Neglected Tropical Diseases include: 

Buruli ulcer, 

Chagas disease, 

Dengue and Chikungunya,

Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease),

Echinococcosis, 

Foodborne trematodes, 

Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness),

Leishmaniasis, 

Leprosy (Hansen’s disease), 

Lymphatic filariasis, 

Mycetoma, 

Chromoblastomycosis and other deep Mycoses,

Onchocerciasis (river blindness), 

Rabies, scabies and other ectoparasites,

Schistosomiasis, 

Soil-transmitted helminthiases, 

Snakebite envenoming, 

Taeniasis/cysticercosis, 

Trachoma, and 

Yaws and other endemic treponematoses.


Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are prevalent in the world's poorest and most vulnerable areas, where access to healthcare, sanitary conditions, and water safety are substandard. Numerous pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, and toxins, are responsible for NTDs. These hinder a person's ability to develop physically and intellectually and make it challenging for them to lead fulfilling lives. These illnesses are referred to as "neglected" because they receive little financing, are hardly ever on the global health agenda, and are linked to stigma and social discrimination. They perpetuate a cycle of subpar academic results and constrained career options since they are diseases of neglected populations.

World NTD Day aims to bring awareness to this group of painful, burdening, and disabling diseases that collectively sicken more than a billion people worldwide through partnerships between non-governmental organisations and public health officials worldwide. Everyone is encouraged to face the inequities that cause NTDs and make innovative, long-term investments to put an end to them. 

The information required to prevent, combat, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases should be accessible to everyone, everywhere.


Photo credit: World NTD Day



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