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2022 is a once-in-a-decade opportunity
Efforts to tackle neglected tropical diseases are a global health success story, but we need firm commitments to free the world from them. The Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases is a once-in-a-decade opportunity. It is the chance for governments and partners to make firm commitments and put the elimination and control of...
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This is how we finish off Guinea worm
In the past 200 years, humankind has made incredible progress against many threats to health: vaccines, medicines and other innovations have saved millions of lives from feared killers, from malaria to cancer. But only one human disease – smallpox – has ever been eradicated. A massive campaign has now driven polio to the brink of...
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Genuine intersectoral collaboration needed to achieve better progress against vector-borne NTDs
The world needs to work better and collaborate with sectors beyond health to implement the Global Vector Control Response 2017–2030 (GVCR). The silent spread of vectors over the years means more countries are now exposed to arboviral diseases, with human activities facilitating their survival and propagation. “It is time that vector control programmes work jointly...
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Taking a multisectoral approach in the fight against malaria
Malaria does not exist in isolation and will require a cross-sector response through coordination, policy and funding at global and national level to ensure a malaria-free future for all. This cross-sector response to malaria is called multisectoral programming. It uses different sectors to help bridge funding gaps in malaria programming, increasing access and use of malaria services...
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Invest in malaria and NTDs to fight future disease outbreaks
Photo: James Roh Cotopaxi Foundation On World Malaria Day, and ahead of the malaria & NTD summit in Kigali, Rwanda, it is important we recognise the role of strengthening health systems to prepare for the next global disease outbreak. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the term “global health” was often used with reference to low and...
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Tackling malaria and NTDs contributes to more resilient health systems
People living in fragile settings are the most at risk of contracting malaria and NTDs yet they are the least likely to have access to adequate health care. Building the capacity of local health facilities and community health workers to prevent, diagnose and treat malaria and NTDs in fragile settings can lead to more resilient...
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Institute will shine its light on disease elimination at summit
The forthcoming Kigali Summit provides an opportunity for knowledge to be shared to help combat malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Launched at the end of 2019, the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), a non-profit organisation based in Abu Dhabi, is committed to helping its partners go further and faster towards the elimination and...
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We must put NTDs high on the African political agenda
Africa accounts for 35% of the global NTDs burden. In recent years, however, it has shown incredible progress with 36 countries eliminating an NTD since 2012. Ghana eliminated trachoma as a public health problem in 2018 and The Gambia was validated for the same in 2021 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Utilising NTD scorecards...
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We must encourage national ownership and global solidarity to defeat malaria
It is essential that we push the boundaries for domestic resource mobilisation to eliminate malaria in Africa. This year’s World Malaria Day themes: advancing equity, building resilience and ending malaria come at a key moment in the fight against malaria on the African continent. This World Malaria Day, the African Leaders Malaria Alliance joins the...
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Investing in ending malaria and NTDs for a safer world
A world free of malaria and NTDs is possible. Investing now in the resources and approaches needed to end these diseases will save millions of lives and protect against future pandemics. Over the next six months, the global community has two historic opportunities to recommit to ending malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)—by mobilising at...