Innovation and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): Maximizing Impact for Challenging Island Communities
Providing care and treatment against NTDs, empowering communities, training health workers, and strengthening health systems
Partner:Bridges to Development
Budget:681 million yen
Term:3 years
Launch:2020
Area:Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu
Over 1.5 billion people worldwide are affected by Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) even though early prevention and treatment are available. Many hard-to-reach communities of the Pacific islands remain at high risk for NTD infections and carry a disproportionate burden of these diseases. This partnership helps decrease the burden and removes the need for any large-scale interventions against NTDs in the future by eliminating and controlling targeted NTDs (lymphatic filariasis, yaws, leprosy, trachoma, scabies and soil-transmitted helminthiases).