Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards recovery from COVID-19 2022 update – World Health Organization

Overview

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are adiverse group of conditions of bacterial,viral, parasitic, fungal and noncommunicable origin. In spite of their diversity,NTDs share a common geographical andsocial context: their burden is predominantly located in tropical areas across theglobe, and they mainly affect resource poor communities their correlation withpoverty is so close that they are sometimes referred to as diseases of neglectedpopulations. The epidemiology of NTDs iscomplex and often related to environmental conditions. Many are vector-borne,have animal reservoirs and are associatedwith complex life cycles: all these factorsmake their public-health control challenging.

From 20152019, over 1 billion people received interventions against at least one NTD each year. As a consequence, great progress has been made in reducing NTDprevalence and incidence. During 20202021, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic had a massivesocial and economic impact worldwide, causingunprecedented disruption across the full range of socialand economic activity, including essential health serviceprovision. The delivery of health services required forthe prevention, control, elimination and eradication ofNTDs has not been spared.

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Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards recovery from COVID-19 2022 update - World Health Organization