Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
We coordinate and support policies and strategies to enhance global access to interventions for the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases, including some zoonotic diseases.

The NTD road map: together towards 2030

Built on three foundational pillars that support global efforts to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases



New NTD Road map 2021–2030. NTDs: together towards 2030. Pillar 1.

Pillar 1

New NTD Road map 2021–2030. NTDs: together towards 2030. Pillar 1.

Pillar 2

New NTD Road map 2021–2030. NTDs: together towards 2030. Pillar 1.

Pillar 3

Change operating models and culture to facilitate country ownership: 
clarify stakeholders’ roles, understand cultures and align to reach 2030 targets
Ending NTDs: Together towards 2030

Ending NTDs: together towards 2030

New NTD Road map 2021–2030.
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News and agenda

 

 

Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023


Latest news

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Science in 5 podcast - Dengue Fever

27 March 2024 | video (webinar). Why is Dengue fever spreading to places it did not exist before? What are the symptoms and treatments? What about vaccines? Dr Raman Velayudhan explains in Science in 5.

Dr-Mwelecele-Ntuli-Malecela-HR

26 March 2024. We would like to honor her remarkable legacy by continuing the journey she began – combating neglected tropical diseases and crafting a future where every voice is heard and every potential unleashed!

 

 

 


Technical areas of work

 

Beating NTDs

Department's activities

The department coordinates and supports policies and strategies to enhance global access to interventions for the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of NTDs.

 

NTDs and COVID-19 impact response perspectives

COVID-19 and NTDs

Across the whole spectrum of essential health services, NTD interventions have been found to be among the most frequently and most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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STAG-NTD

The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) is the principal advisory group to the WHO for the control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Latest publications

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Tenth meeting of the working group on monitoring of neglected tropical diseases drug efficacy, Ghent, Belgium, 21 June 2023
The objectives of the meeting were: to review the data on monitoring the efficacy of anthelminthics currently used in large-scale deworming programmes...
36th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, 5–6 October 2023

The 36th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE)1 was convened in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format at the Carter...

Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January–December 2023

In order to monitor the progress accomplished towards dracunculiasis eradication, district-wise surveillance indicators, a line list of cases and a line...