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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

17 & 18 Dec. 2009 | Geneva
WHO Informal Consultation on Chagas Disease Control and Prevention in Europe

COMMUNICATION / MEDIA

Integrated Media
Press Releases
2003—2009
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
17―18 April 2008
First WHO Global Partners' Meeting on NTD
19−20 April 2007
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All past NTD events/information

Last update:20 November 2009


NTD IN THE NEWS!

18 Nov. 09 | Geneva
Dengue: Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. New Edition 2009
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10 Nov. 09 | Geneva
Neglected tropical diseases booklet

New edition

09 Nov. 09 | Geneva
WHO rolls out new combination treatment for sleeping sickness
Full article | More


30 Oct. 09 | Geneva
Urogenital schistosomiasis – Statement
Audio summary–Urogenital schistosomiasis – Statement, 00:03:27 [mp3 1.90Mb]

Play now | Full article


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
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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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