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WHO Wants More Action To End ‘Cycles Of Poverty And Stigma’ Related To Tropical Diseases

Last updated: 2023/01/30 at 6:22 PM
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To mark​ World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, the UN agency has released a​ report​ highlighting progress and challenges in delivering care for these 20 conditions, which​ mainly affect the world’s poorest people.​

NTDs are caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and toxins, and can be deadly. ​ Other examples are Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, chikungunya, rabies, scabies and yaws.​

Stigma and hardship​

They are mainly prevalent in tropical areas, primarily in locations where water safety, sanitation and access to healthcare are inadequate. These diseases often cause life-long stigma, and resulting economic hardship, and have devastating health, social and economic consequences.​

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Although nearly 180 countries and territories reported at least one case of NTDs in 2021, just 16 nations account for 80 per cent of the global burden. Globally, some​ 1.65 million people​ are estimated to require treatment for at least one of these diseases.​

“Around the world, millions of people have been liberated from the burden of neglected tropical diseases, which keep people trapped in cycles of poverty and stigma,”​ said​ Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General. ​

“But as this progress report shows,​ we still have a lot of work to do,” he added.​

Building on progress​

The report showed that the number of people requiring NTD interventions​ fell by 80 million​ between 2020 and 2021. ​

Furthermore, eight countries had eliminated at least one of these diseases during this period. ​ As of last year, the number stood at 47 countries, and more were on the road to achieving this target.​

These accomplishments build on a decade of significant progress, said WHO, with 25 per cent fewer people requiring interventions in 2021 than in 2010. ​

Additionally, more than a billion people were treated for NTDs each year between 2016 and 2019.​

The COVID-19 impact​

However, the​ COVID-19​ pandemic has also had significant impact on community-based interventions, access to health facilities, and on supply chains for healthcare products. ​ ​

As a result,​ 34 per cent fewer people​ received treatment between 2019 and 2020, even if a general resumption of activities sparked an 11 per cent increase in recovery the following year, with roughly 900 million people treated.​

In 2020, WHO’s governing body, the World Health Assembly, endorsed an NTD road map for the coming decade, and the report emphasizes the need for more action and investment to​ reverse delays and accelerate progress.​

Accountability, financing and partnerships​

Promoting country ownership and accountability, as well as sustainable and predictable financing, will be key to providing quality NTD services.​

WHO also stressed the importance of multi-sectoral collaboration and partnerships.

Last week, the UN agency​ signed a new agreement​ with Gilead Sciences, a research-based American biopharmaceutical company, for the donation of 304,700 vials of AmBisome, an​ antifungal medicine used to treat visceral leishmaniasis in countries most impacted by the disease, such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nepal, Somalia and South Sudan.​

This new three-year collaboration, which extends a previous agreement to 2025, is estimated at $11.3 million and also will support improved coverage and access to diagnosis and treatment.​

WHO urged more partners and donors to fill existing gaps that hamper the full-scale implementation of NTD activities at the global and local levels.

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