The impact of climate change and population mobility on neglected tropical disease elimination

摘要

The WHO has established targets for the global or regional eradication or elimination of 11 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) diseases by 2020. Other NTDs, such as soil transmitted helminths (STH), are the focus of intensified control efforts in specific countries. Two key strategies are being implemented to achieve these goals: preventive chemotherapy through repeated community-based mass drug administration (MDA) and intensified disease management. This presentation will present an update on NTD elimination efforts in sub-Saharan Africa, examining in particular the challenges posed by climate change and migration on MDA campaigns, including for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, STH and trachoma.