🤒 Fewer People Are Ill with Tropical Diseases
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“Unserved tropical diseases (TSDs) are a question of fighting poverty; if we manage to eliminate them, the economic situation of these countries will improve,” says Dr. María Rebollo (Madrid, 46), leader of the World Programme for the Elimination of Onchocercosis (crowd of rivers) at the World Health Organization (WHO) and expert in these ailments. However, advances in the prevention, treatment and research of these types of pathologies—predomin…
🤒 Fewer people are ill with tropical diseases
122 million fewer people needed treatment for tropical diseases in 2023 compared to the previous year.A reduction of 32 percent since 2010.The number of people affected by these diseases decreased from 1.9 billion in 1990 to just over 1 billion in 2021.Reduced disease burdenWHO has published its third global report on neglected tropical diseases. The report shows results from the work against these diseases between 2021 and 2030.In 2023, 1.495 b…
Global Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) 2025
Overview World Health Organization (WHO) releases the third global report tracking progress toward the 2030 targets outlined in Ending the Neglect to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A Road Map… The post Global Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) 2025 appeared first on Public Health Update.
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