Innovative, Sustainable Funding Needed to Deal With NTDs
During the World Health Organization's 73rd Africa Regional Committee held in Botswana, AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Thoko Elphick-Pooley, Executive Director of Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, on the progress made in eliminating NTDs in Africa.
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect over a billion people worldwide, with an estimated 40% living in 47 African countries. Despite affecting so many people, especially in underdeveloped countries, budgets for NTD-related programmes are often limited. These diseases, like Mycetoma and African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, are preventable and treatable, but if untreated they can debilitate, disfigure, and kill.
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