Integrating Neglected Tropical Diseases control programs: successes and challenges

摘要

Africa bears a disproportionately high burden of NTDs, which affects more than one billion people worldwide. About 50% of this burden occurs in Africa. Preventive Chemotherapy (PCT) is a major intervention toward reducing the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The major NTDs targeted for PCT are Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis and Trachoma. Integration is a cost effective strategy to scale up intervention toward control and elimination of NTDS in order to achieve the goals set by World Health Organization (WHO) road map for control and elimination of NTDs.