Neglected tropical diseases and their related disabilities in rural Sub-Saharan Africa Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a category of twenty tropical infections that affect more than 1 billion people worldwide who reside in poor and low-resource communities. According to the World Health Organisation estimates, Africa accounts for 40% of the worldwide NTDs burden, disproportionately […]
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Building Back Better – a new hybrid approach to neglected tropical diseases in the COVID-19 era
COVID-19 established its foothold in Africa in April 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued interim guidance which encouraged neglected tropical disease (NTD) elimination programs to temporarily suspend community-based activities where COVID-19 transmission had begun. Governments responded and interventions, including population-based surveys, mass drug administration (MDA), and active case finding, were soon suspended. This […]
Poised to strike: global plan to tackle snakebite demands urgent action
Imagine it is twilight and you are walking back to your village after a long day working in the fields. Suddenly you feel acute pain in your calf. Out of the corner of your eye you see a flash of movement: a snake. Was it a cobra? A viper? Or a less harmful species? You […]