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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is observed every year on 30 January
Did you know?
- There are 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the world, including elephantiasis, sleeping sickness, mycetoma, dengue fever, kala-azar, and leprosy.
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NTDs are also called ‘diseases of poverty’ because they predominantly affect people living in poor and marginalized communities.
- NTDs are considered neglected because they don’t receive sufficient attention in the global health agenda, receive little funding, and have historically been ignored in pharmaceutical research.
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Africa accounts for nearly 40% (400 million people) of the global burden of NTDs.
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In 2022, Uganda eliminated the T.b. gambiense form of sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
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Since 2003, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has developed 13 new treatments for six deadly neglected diseases.
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