WHO Recognized NTDs

Common features of these diseases

Buruli ulcer Chagas disease Dengue and chikungunya Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) Echinococcosis Foodborne trematodiases Human African trypanosomiasis Leishmaniasis Leprosy (Hansen's disease) Lymphatic filariasis Mycetoma Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Rabies Schistosomiasis Soil-transmitted helminthiases Taeniasis/cysticercosis Trachoma and yaws Chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses Scabies (and other ectoparasites) Snakebite envenoming

Being a proxy for poverty and disadvantage Affecting populations with low visibility and little political voice Having a relatively stable endemic foci Often overlapping geographically Causing stigma and discrimination, especially for girls and women Having an important impact on morbidity and mortality Being relatively neglected by research Can be controlled, prevented, and possibly eliminated using simple, effective, and feasible solutions