Table 2.

Summary of the 7 VBDs in this review

Disease	Vector	Current population affected	Current WHO control/elimination targets
Chagas disease	Triatomine bugs	6 to 7 million, in the Americas	Elimination of peridomiciliary infestation by 2020
Dengue	Aedes mosquitoes	390 million annually. At least 500 000 develop severe dengue, and 2.5% of these die	Reduced rates of morbidity by at least 25% and of mortality by 50% by 2020
Human African trypanosomiasis	Tsetse flies	Estimate of 20 000 new cases (2014), in Africa	Elimination in 80% of foci by 2015 and total elimination by 2020
Leishmaniasis	Phlebotomine sandflies	Over 1.5 million cases, 90% of which are in India, Bangladesh, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Brazil	100% case detection and treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in South Asia by 2020
Malaria	Anopheles mosquitoes	214 million cases in 2014 and 438 000 deaths	Reduced incidence and mortality by at least 90% by 2030
Rift Valley Fever	Several mosquito species	Unclear; epidemic-prone zoonotic disease	Unclear
Schistosomiasis	Freshwater snails	Over 200 million people in 2013	Elimination as a public health problem globally by 2025