Neglected Tropical Diseases
Control Program
RTI is leading the Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control Program, a 5-year global effort funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development to support developing countries' own programs to control selected NTDs. The NTD program will treat more than 40 million people over five years by helping countries scale up and integrate their existing approaches to include additional populations or diseases.
NTDs, although largely unknown in developed nations, cause severe disabilities such as blindness, reduced mobility, impaired childhood growth, and disfigurement. The economic toll of NTDs includes loss of productivity and poverty. According to the World Health Organization, approximately one billion people -- one-sixth of the world’s population -- suffer from one or more NTDs, and the diseases annually cause 415,000 deaths worldwide.
Web Resources
- Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program (Project Web Site)
- Integrated Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (RTI Fellow Seminar Series Presentations)
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