Filter
1639
Filtered Results: 1639
Text search:
neglected
tropical
diseases
Featured
Recommendations
149
New Publications
294
Language
Document type
No document type
527
Studies & Reports
476
Guidelines
174
Resource Platforms
101
Strategic & Response Plan
90
Manuals
81
Fact sheets
67
Videos
40
Infographics
20
Training Material
18
Online Courses
17
Dashboards/Maps
9
Situation Updates
9
Brochures
7
App
3
Countries / Regions
Global
233
Latin America and the Carribbean
38
Kenya
28
Uganda
27
Africa
26
India
26
Liberia
25
Sierra Leone
23
Tanzania
21
Ethiopia
21
Malawi
18
Nepal
16
Ghana
16
Rwanda
16
Bangladesh
16
Brazil
15
Asia
12
South Sudan
12
Nigeria
11
Mozambique
11
West and Central Africa
11
South–East Asia Region
11
Zambia
11
South Africa
10
Western and Central Europe
9
East and Southern Africa
9
Guinea
8
Congo, Democratic Republic of
8
Middle East and North Africa
8
Sudan
8
Colombia
7
Philippines
7
Somalia
6
Myanmar / Burma
6
Cameroon
5
Venezuela
5
Papua New Guinea
5
Namibia
5
Botswana
5
Syria
4
Haiti
4
Paraguay
4
Yemen
4
Angola
4
Indonesia
4
Pakistan
4
Laos
3
Peru
3
Zimbabwe
3
Germany
3
Saudi Arabia
3
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
3
North America
3
Eastern Europe
3
Chad
3
Tajikistan
2
Ukraine
2
El Salvador
2
Lesotho
2
Turkey
2
Benin
2
Iran
2
Jordan
2
Bolivia
2
Lebanon
2
Vietnam
2
Sri Lanka
2
Russia
2
Djibouti
2
Egypt
2
Iraq
2
Eswatini/ Swaziland
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Togo
1
China
1
Chile
1
Albania
1
Fiji
1
Burkina Faso
1
Afghanistan
1
Burundi
1
Morocco
1
Qatar
1
Mauritania
1
Italy
1
USA
1
Cambodia
1
Dominican Republic
1
Western Pacific Region
1
Japan
1
France
1
Tunisia
1
United Kingdom
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Southern Africa
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Argentina
1
Greece
1
Palestine
1
Georgia
1
Central African Republic
1
Honduras
1
Mali
1
Libya
1
Ecuador
1
Madagascar
1
Guatemala
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
363
Clinical Guidelines
151
Public Health
98
Key Resources
70
Women & Child Health
43
Pharmacy & Technologies
27
Capacity Building
15
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Toolboxes
NTDs
714
Planetary Health
74
Mental Health
54
Global Health Education
51
COVID-19
49
HIV
45
TB
36
Disability
35
Ebola & Marburg
30
Rapid Response
28
Health Financing Toolbox
26
Malaria
24
AMR
24
Caregiver
21
Pharmacy
16
NCDs
13
Conflict
12
Zika
12
Natural Hazards
10
Cholera
7
Refugee
6
Polio
6
Social Ethics
3
2.0 Rapid Response
1
The internationally recognized criteria for diagnosis of neurocysticercosis include a requirement for neuroimaging techniques, such as computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ideally supported by serology. These facilities are not available in all settings, especially i...
Website last accessed on 04.06.2023
Bites of infected female sand flies causes the disease. The visceral form attacks internal organs; the cutaneous form causes facial ulcers, disfiguring scars and disability. #BeatNTDs
Website last accessed on 18.03.2023
WHO often receives requests from Member States and implementing partners to provide training in capacity‐building in endemic areas in order to better equip health personnel to diagnose, treat and control the disease.
Background: The human helminth infections include ascariasis, trichuriasis, hookworm infections, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis (LF) and onchocerciasis. It is estimated that almost 2 billion people worldwide are infected with helminths. Whilst the WHO treatment guidelines for helminth infecti...
Congenital transmission of Chagas disease has not been extensively studied in Colombia, and there are no standardized processes in the health system regarding
the specific diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of this disease. To generate recommendations on congenital Chagas disease and Chagas in wom...
Burden of T. solium: Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating human tissues, especially the nervous system. Neurocysticercosis burdens economies, societies and individuals because of the impact of epilepsy on wages, health costs and social stigmatization of sufferers. ...
Vector-borne diseases are responsible for 17% of the global burden of communicable diseases and more than 500 000 deaths annually. The ambitious global targets for the control of vector-borne diseases come in the context of the (re-)emergence of diseases, increasing resistances to insecticides and u...
Foodborne trematode infections cause 2 million life years lost to disability and death worldwide every year.
People become infected by eating raw fish, crustaceans or vegetables that harbour the parasite larvae.
Foodborne trematodiases are most prevalent in East Asia and South America.
Foodborne ...
Map of Distribution of clonorchiasis, worldwide.
Foodborne trematodes are a group of diseases that include the parasites Clonorchis, Opisthorchis, Fasciola and Paragonimus. These parasitic flukes have a complex life cycle involving diverse definitive hosts and one or two intermediate hosts. Foodbo...
Noma (cancrum oris) is a serious gangrenous disease of the mouth and face, mainly affecting children aged 2 to 6 years in sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite substantial knowledge gaps, it is reported to be linked with malnutrition, poor oral hygiene, immunosuppression, and living in extreme poverty situ...
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is traditionally acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with D. medinensis larvae, but in recent years also appears increasingly to be transmitted by eating fish or other aquatic anima...
Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease which occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to humans.
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus, Leishmania. Protozoa are microscopic, single-celled organisms. The parasites that cause the disease are transmitted to people through the bites of certain species of infected sand flies.
Website last accessed on 09.04.2023
Human echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. More than one million people are affected by echinococcosis.
High prevalence of target diseases in rural and developing nations, increased prevalence of malnutrition across the globe, lack of hygiene and poor sanitation facilities, Migratory patterns of population, introduction of new chemical entity in the field of therapeutics, favorable government regulati...
Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease most often transmitted to people via bites from infected dogs. This course provides a general introduction to rabies, and the One Health approach currently taken to prevent it. It consists of seven video-lectures, demonstration videos, and lessons learnt from peopl...
Onchocerciasis causes skin and eye disease, visual impairment and neurological problems. It is mostly found in Africa, but also in Latin America and Yemen. The common name, ‘river blindness,’ gives a good indication where the disease can be found: the vector of the parasite, a small black fly of...
The previous report of the WHO Expert Committee on this disease
followed a meeting in 1995. Intensive, coordinated efforts against HAT during
the intervening 18 years have resulted in a decrease in incidence to a point at
which elimination is considered feasible. This report provides informati...
Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode
worms) of the genus Schistosoma. At least 249 million people required preventive treatment in
2012. Preventive treatment, which should be repeated over a number of years, will reduce and
prevent morbidity.
Map of Distribution of fascioliasis, worldwide, latest year available.
Foodborne trematodes are a group of diseases that include the parasites Clonorchis, Opisthorchis, Fasciola and Paragonimus. These parasitic flukes have a complex life cycle involving diverse definitive hosts and one or two inter...
