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WHO - World Health Organization - Neglected Tropical Diseases.

The WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases coordinates and supports policies and strategies to enhance global access to interventions for the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases, including some zoonotic diseases.

Website(s)

WHO Neglected Tropical Diseases

Address

WHO Headquarters:
Via Appia 20
Geneva
Zwitserland

Type of Organization

Government department/organization

Related resource(s)

Policy and technical topics: Selected neglected tropical diseases targeted for elimination: kala-azar, leprosy, yaws, filariasis and schistosomiasis.
Resolution WHA 66.12 on Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Water sanitation and hygiene for accelerating and sustaining progress on neglected tropical diseases: A global strategy 2015-2020.
Buruli ulcer: prevention of disability (POD).
The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.
Progress report 2000-2010 and strategic plan 2010-2020 of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: halfway towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis.
Report of the WHO strategic and technical advisory group (STAG) for neglected tropical diseases: 21 - 22 April 2015.
Trachoma and yaws: Common ground?
Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs.
Investir pour réduire l'impact mondial des maladies tropicales négligées: troisième rapport de l'OMS sur les maladies.
Tropical data.
L'Eau, l'assainissement et l'hygiène pour accélérer et pérenniser les progrès dans la lutte contre les maladies tropicales négligées : Stratégie Mondiale 2015-2020

More organizations:

Buruli Ulcer
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) - Sleeping sickness
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy (Hansen disease)
Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis)
Mycetoma
Onchocerciasis
Podoconiosis
Schistosomiasis
Soil-transmitted helminths
Trachoma
Yaws
Zika virus

More resources on:

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Dengue
Noma
Taeniasis/cysticercosis
Prevention of disease