Addressing the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in selected priority countries
Reference
PDF-SDG-2023-14
Implementing Entity/ies
WHO
Collaborating Partners
UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNEP, UNHCR, IOM, FAO, WFP, OEI/WOAH
Duration
April 2024 每 March 2027
Location
Global, Chad, Djibouti, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam
Approved Budget
$ 1,648,870
Description
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion people globally, primarily in tropical regions, causing physical, mental, and socioeconomic harm. They perpetuate generational poverty cycles, hindering education and productivity. In 2022, 1.62 billion people required interventions, with the highest burden in the South-East Asia and African regions. The outlines actions to combat these diseases. However, progress remains slow in some countries, necessitating support for scaling up interventions.
The project aims at supporting a selected group of countries in scaling up disease control and elimination efforts against selected neglected tropical diseases, and strengthening implementation of integrated interventions, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, as well as multi-sectoral approaches; these activities aim at achieving, and tracking progress towards the overarching, cross-cutting and disease-specific targets set in the WHO road map for neglected diseases 2021-2030. Selected beneficiary countries are all priority countries for one or more neglected tropical diseases (as identified by WHO＊s Global NTD Programme) where support by partners and donors is however limited. WHO envisages that the inclusion of these countries in the present proposal can lead to the achievement of a significant impact within a limited timeframe, either in term of reduction of burden of disease (public health control) or achievement of set epidemiological targets (elimination as a public health problem and interruption of transmission).
The project aims at supporting a selected group of countries in scaling up disease control and elimination efforts against selected neglected tropical diseases, and strengthening implementation of integrated interventions, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, as well as multi-sectoral approaches; these activities aim at achieving, and tracking progress towards the overarching, cross-cutting and disease-specific targets set in the WHO road map for neglected diseases 2021-2030. Selected beneficiary countries are all priority countries for one or more neglected tropical diseases (as identified by WHO＊s Global NTD Programme) where support by partners and donors is however limited. WHO envisages that the inclusion of these countries in the present proposal can lead to the achievement of a significant impact within a limited timeframe, either in term of reduction of burden of disease (public health control) or achievement of set epidemiological targets (elimination as a public health problem and interruption of transmission).