Neglected Tropical Disease

Animals Denmark

14. November 2025

New Antivenom May Save Thousands of Lives

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking antivenom that could protect against bites from 17 venomous snake species, offering new hope in the fight against one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases.

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Health Burundi

7. September 2025

Another Country Celebrates the End of Trachoma

Burundi has eliminated its first neglected tropical disease, becoming the eighth African country to have achieved the feat of eradicating trachoma as a public health problem.

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Ceremonial Dancing, Along the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Health Papua New Guinea

10. June 2025

Another Trachoma-Free Success Story

The Pacific Island country of Papua New Guinea has officially eliminated trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, as a public health problem through robust disease surveillance.

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Medical screening campaign for sleeping sickness in Chad.

Health Chad

11. July 2024

Dream Come True: No More Sleep Sickness!

Not only has Chad eliminated its first neglected tropical disease , the gambiense form of the sleeping sickness, as a public health problem, but it has also become the 51st country to do so, making the 100-country target by 2030 set by the World Health Organization…