Niger just announced its elimination of river blindness. In 1976, the disease had a prevalence rate in the country of 60%.

ShareThe campaign was electrifying and engaging. It was a day, precisely January 30, loaded with activities, all aimed at ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Anesvad Foundation (Bilbao, Spain) have signed a 2-year agreement valued at €1.4 million to support ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

Fluid, electrolyte and mineral perturbations are prevalent features of tropical disease. Hemodynamic alterations, fever, nitrogen wasting, and changes in membrane transport and acid–base balance ...

Background: Growing concerns about mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) in urban settings have prompted ... Summary tables and figures were produced using R version (4.3.2), and maps were produced using ...

The Benue State Govern­ment has stated that out of an estimated 6.4 million persons in the state, about six million of them are at risk of going down with Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the ...

Dignitaries present at the World NTD Day 2025 commemoration The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Dr. Frank Lule, has stated that Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) remain a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 1.5 billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and a further two billion are threatened by these diseases.

A world-first genetic warning system for future pandemics and emerging diseases has been launched in the UK. The surveillance programme, run by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), will see ...

For action to be sustainable, the road map stresses ... for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. But he also believes that “real world” challenges in ...

Image: Tropical cyclone risk map for Saturday evening. Source: Bureau of Meteorology It’s currently too early to know where and how many tropical cyclones will develop over the coming week, and if any ...