As World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day holds today, with the theme, ‘Act now. Act together. Invest in Neglected Tropical Diseases’, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called for improved global response to treatment and control of NTDs.
The group also wants an increased global investment in integrating the ailments in primary healthcare services, research and development.
According to World Health Organisation , NTDs are widespread, affecting over one billion people and killing hundreds of thousands of people yearly. However, as NTDs mostly impact the world’s poorest people, the diseases are often overlooked by policymakers and so very few resources are made available to address them.
Following last year’s WHA decision, WHO joined the NTD community in adding to its voice to the global call. January 30 commemorates several events, such as the launch of the first NTD road map in 2012; the London Declaration on NTDs; and the launch, in January 2021, of the current road map. The epidemiology of NTDs is complex and often related to environmental conditions. Many of them are vector-borne, have animal reservoirs and are associated with complex life cycles. All these factors make their public health control challenging.
After decades of progress, Adam Weiss, director of The Carter Center’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program, cautioned the end phase of the global effort to eradicate the parasitic disease would be “the most difficult”. Guinea worm affects some of the world’s more vulnerable people and can be prevented by training people to filter and drink clean water. People who drink unclean water can ingest parasites that can grow as long as one metre . The worm incubates in people for up to a year before painfully emerging, often through the feet or other sensitive parts of the body.
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