WHO hails west African country as first in world to stamp out Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma
Since 2012, 46 countries have eliminated at least one NTD and more than 14bn treatments have been donated by pharmaceutical companies.
Three months ago, world leaders meeting in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, reconfirmed their commitments and agreed to eradicating NTDs by 2030. About 1.7 billion people around the world are still affected by NTDs, which can disfigure and disable, trapping individuals and whole communities in cycles of extreme poverty.requiring treatment for at least one disease on the continent is slowly falling. In 2015, 630 million people were in need of treatment; by 2020 the figure had reduced to 598 million.
Thoko Elphick-Pooley, the director of the global partnership Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, said Togo’s success was due to “committed country and political ownership”. “I hope that leaders across Africa are inspired by the incredible actions taken by Togo to transform the health of its citizens,” she added.Topics
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