Every year, 1.7 billion people, most in the world’s poorest areas, are affected by NTDs. The diseases cause suffering, stigma, disability and sometimes death.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on NTDs
Displaying all articles
Kala-azar, already one of the most neglected diseases on the planet, is in danger of becoming even more neglected.
Many of these diseases cause tremendous suffering and death – yet there’s still a lack of effective tools to diagnose, treat, and prevent them.
Among the health conditions that might have faced a setback is leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease associated with poverty. It can cause devastating lifestyle changes, disability, and even death.
The world is in the grip of a new pandemic which sets back the fight against rabies.
Myiasis, a neglected tropical disease, can cause severe clinical outbreaks in humans and animals with potential economic losses in the livestock industry.
How will the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting challenges? Africa’s academics have some tips.
A century and a half after buruli ulcer was discovered, the disease continues to mystify scientists.
Although there have been global efforts to eliminate parasites, some parasites and vectors will have survived attack because they have evolved resistance.
The drug that led to two scientists wining the Nobel Prize for Physiology or medicine has made a significant difference for those suffering from elephantiasis and river blindness.
Top contributors
-
Researcher, Kenya Medical Research Institute
-
Co-Director, Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA), University of Nairobi. Chancellors Fellow, Institute of Immunonology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh. Associate Professor, Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University
-
Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
-
Lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana
-
Senior Lecturer in Parasite Epidemiology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
-
Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
-
Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
-
Professor, University of Pretoria
-
Lecturer and Team Leader: Leishmaniasis Research Group, University of Cape Town
-
Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
-
PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town
-
Arturo Falaschi ICGEB PhD Fellow, University of Cape Town
-
Specialist Scientist, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
