Kill tropical diseases
January 31, 2012
THE International Federation of
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and
Associations (IFPMA) has
announced a 14 billion treatment
commitment from the researchbased
pharmaceutical industry to
support the elimination or control
of nine key neglected tropical
diseases (NTDs).
The donations follow a WHO
announcement of new targets for
NTDs whose elimination or control
is achievable with adequate supply
and distribution of the relevant
medicines.
Around one billion people (or
one person in seven) suffer from
NTDs annually.
The nine NTDs that will be
focused on represent more than
90% of the global NTD burden, and
include fasciollasis, chagas disease
(American trypanosomiasis), leprosy,
human African trypanosomiasis
(sleeping sickness), blinding
trachoma, schlstosomlasis, soil
transmitted helminthiases,
onchocerciasis (river blindness),
and lymphatic flariasis.
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