Neglected Tropical Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 13 parasitic and bacterial infections that infect approximately 1.4 billion of the world’s poorest people in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South East Asia. Together, they disable, disfigure, blind, and even kill, causing chronic morbidity that is on par with the “big three” global health threats: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
The Global Network focuses on the seven most common NTDs that together represent 90% of the total NTD disease burden. These seven are:
- Ascariasis (roundworm) -807 million infected
- Trichuriasis (whipworm) – 604 million infected
- Hookworm – 576 million infected
- Schistosomiasis (snail fever) – 207 million infected
- Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantiasis) -120 million infected
- Trachoma (blinding trachoma) – 84 million infected
- Onchocerciasis (river blindness) -37 million infected
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