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Neglected Tropical Diseases


Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected tropical diseases are a symptom of poverty and disadvantage. Those most affected are the poorest populations often living in remote, rural areas, urban slums or in conflict zones. With little political voice, neglected tropical diseases have a low profile and status in public health priorities.

Although medically diverse, neglected tropical diseases share features that allow them to persist in conditions of poverty, where they cluster and frequently overlap. Over 1 billion people – one sixth of the world's population – suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases.

Letter from the Director | Integrated control of the NTD's

A turning point
The neglected tropical diseases express this link between health and development in an explicit, almost visual way – a way that is more compelling than statistics alone.
The view of the DG | Global Partners' Meeting

Neglected tropical diseases action field



COMING EVENTS

22—24 Mar. 2010 | Geneva
Buruli Ulcer Disease Annual Meeting 2010

29—30 Apr. 2010 | Geneva
Third meeting of the STAG on Neglected Tropical Diseases

COMMUNICATION / MEDIA

Integrated Media
Press Releases
2003—2010
Special features
Fact files, photo stories, Q&A
Video (streaming)
The Forgotten Diseases (.wmv)

SPEECHES

Director-General speeches
relating to NTD

ARCHIVES

Second meeting of the STAG on Neglected Tropical Diseases
22 April 2009
First WHO Global Partners' Meeting on NTD
19−20 April 2007
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All past NTD events/information

Last update: 18 March 2010


NTD IN THE NEWS!

15 Mar. 2010 | Geneva
Fascioliasis treatment in Bolivia - 2009

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10 Mar. 2010 | Geneva
Updated Lymphatic Filariasis website
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28 Feb. 2010 | Geneva
Significant progress in Buruli ulcer research
Audio summary–Buruli ulcer, 00:08:30 [mp3 4.80Mb]

Play now | Full article

04 Feb. 2010 | Geneva
Antimicrobial treatment for early, limited Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet.
Article | Comments



RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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Neglected Tropical Diseases booklet
New edition!


PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Calling for NTDs research papers. The journal publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers on NTD.
http://www.plosntds.org/


NTD in the WHO regions
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Control of NTD
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