Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), thrive in poverty-stricken areas and only by better sanitation, vaccinations and awareness can significantly reduce their spread and impact, preventing disabilities ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Prioritising US health, Trump has already frozen the supply of HIV and malaria medication aid to endemic countries.

Health experts and stakeholders gathered to tackle neglected tropical diseases like schistosomiasis, rabies and leprosy.

India experiences the world’s absolute burden of at least 11 NTDs, including hookworm, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, ...

World NTD Day on 30 January raises awareness about Neglected Tropical Diseases, their impact on global health, and the need ...

About 12 million people in Ghana are at risk of contracting Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), Dr. Frank Lule, Country Representative, the World Health Organisation (WHO), has said. About 12 million ...

A decline in R&D investment in neglected tropical diseases threatens progress toward critical targets. For over 20 years, one ...

Health experts have raised the alarm that over 6 million people in Benue State are at the high risk of contracting Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

On World Neglected Tropical Disease Day 2025 , the World Health Organization (WHO) and the global partners' community are calling on everybody to ...

In 2024, the Oyo State Government invested N30 million in the mass administration of medicines to 13,401 communities across 298 wards in the state to eradicate elephantiasis, river blindness, ...

Professor Francisca Mutapi said Scottish researchers can do more in the worldwide battle against the spread of disease.