A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs

A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs

Eighteen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and malaria account together for 22 percent of the total burden of communicable diseases in 25 Francophone African countries (FPACs). The cumulative impact of NTDs decreases the quality of life of househo...

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Main Authors: Sorgho, Gaston, Lavadenz, Fernando, Tshivuila Matala, Opope Oyaka
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
TROPICAL DISEASES
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
BURDEN OF DISEASE
DEWORMING
CHEMOTHERAPY
WATER AND SANITATION
HYGIENE
HEALTH FINANCING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138591548221198720/A-Call-to-Support-Francophone-African-Countries-to-End-the-Tremendous-Suffering-from-NTDs
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spelling okr-10986-311952021-07-17T09:01:54Z A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs Sorgho, Gaston Lavadenz, Fernando Tshivuila Matala, Opope Oyaka TROPICAL DISEASES HEALTH EXPENDITURE INFECTIOUS DISEASE BURDEN OF DISEASE DEWORMING CHEMOTHERAPY WATER AND SANITATION HYGIENE HEALTH FINANCING Eighteen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and malaria account together for 22 percent of the total burden of communicable diseases in 25 Francophone African countries (FPACs). The cumulative impact of NTDs decreases the quality of life of households, slows economic growth, and results in millions of dollars in lost economic productivity annually. Of the 18 NTDs, 5 can be controlled by preventive chemotherapy (PC) through safe mass drug administration (MDA). In 2017, the WB launched the deworming Africa initiative (DAI), with the purpose of raising the profile of NTDs control and elimination efforts among endemic Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to eliminate NTDs as a public health threat. DAI’s strategy seeks to reduce the burden of NTDs in 3 key population groups that mostly impact on human capital: young children (12 to 23 months), pregnant women, and school-age children (SAC) (5 to 14 years of age). To achieve this objective in a sustainable way, DAI supports country efforts to strengthen the coordinated engagement of the health, education, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and economic sectors with a national prevention and control strategy. Multisectoral collaboration between Ministries of economy, health, education, and WASH is a promising approach to maximize national resources towards the long-term sanitary and financial objectives of reducing NTDs in SSA. 2019-02-01T19:35:07Z 2019-02-01T19:35:07Z 2018-12 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138591548221198720/A-Call-to-Support-Francophone-African-Countries-to-End-the-Tremendous-Suffering-from-NTDs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31195 English Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic TROPICAL DISEASES
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
BURDEN OF DISEASE
DEWORMING
CHEMOTHERAPY
WATER AND SANITATION
HYGIENE
HEALTH FINANCING
spellingShingle TROPICAL DISEASES
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
BURDEN OF DISEASE
DEWORMING
CHEMOTHERAPY
WATER AND SANITATION
HYGIENE
HEALTH FINANCING
Sorgho, Gaston
Lavadenz, Fernando
Tshivuila Matala, Opope Oyaka
A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
relation Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief;
description Eighteen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and malaria account together for 22 percent of the total burden of communicable diseases in 25 Francophone African countries (FPACs). The cumulative impact of NTDs decreases the quality of life of households, slows economic growth, and results in millions of dollars in lost economic productivity annually. Of the 18 NTDs, 5 can be controlled by preventive chemotherapy (PC) through safe mass drug administration (MDA). In 2017, the WB launched the deworming Africa initiative (DAI), with the purpose of raising the profile of NTDs control and elimination efforts among endemic Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to eliminate NTDs as a public health threat. DAI’s strategy seeks to reduce the burden of NTDs in 3 key population groups that mostly impact on human capital: young children (12 to 23 months), pregnant women, and school-age children (SAC) (5 to 14 years of age). To achieve this objective in a sustainable way, DAI supports country efforts to strengthen the coordinated engagement of the health, education, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and economic sectors with a national prevention and control strategy. Multisectoral collaboration between Ministries of economy, health, education, and WASH is a promising approach to maximize national resources towards the long-term sanitary and financial objectives of reducing NTDs in SSA.
format Brief
author Sorgho, Gaston
Lavadenz, Fernando
Tshivuila Matala, Opope Oyaka
author_facet Sorgho, Gaston
Lavadenz, Fernando
Tshivuila Matala, Opope Oyaka
author_sort Sorgho, Gaston
title A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
title_short A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
title_full A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
title_fullStr A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
title_full_unstemmed A Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
title_sort call to support francophone african countries to end the tremendous suffering from ntds
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138591548221198720/A-Call-to-Support-Francophone-African-Countries-to-End-the-Tremendous-Suffering-from-NTDs
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