Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) threaten more than 1.7 billion people living in the poorest and most marginalized communities worldwide. Following diseases are enlisted as Neglected tropical diseases. 

• Buruli ulcer
• Chagas disease
• Dengue and Chikungunya
• Guinea worm disease
• Echinococcosis
• Foodborne trematodiases
• Human African trypanosomiasis
• Leishmaniasis
• Leprosy
• Lymphatic filariasis
• Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses
• Onchocerciasis
• Rabies
• Scabies and other ectoparasites
• Schistosomiasis
• Soil-transmitted helminthiases
• Snakebite envenoming
• Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
• TrachomaYaws
• Noma

Source: WHO

World NTD Day: A new day in the fight against NTDs

NTDs listed by WHO Regional Offices (in alphabetical order)

Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) – Neglected Tropical Diseases

1. Buruli ulcer
2. Dengue
3. Dracunculiasis
4. Endemic treponematoses (yaws and bejel)
5. Human African trypanosomiasis
6. Leishmaniasis (visceral and cutaneous)
7. Leprosy
8. Lymphatic filariasis
9. Onchocerciasis
10. Rabies
11. Schistosomiasis
12. Soil-transmitted helminthiases
13. Trachoma

Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO) – Neglected, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases

1. Chagas disease
2. Dengue
3. Fascioliasis
4. Hydatidosis
5. Leishmaniasis
6. Leprosy
7. Lymphatic filariasis
8. Onchocerciasis
9. Rabies
10. Schistosomiasis
11. Soil-transmitted helminthiases
12. Trachoma

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) – Tropical Diseases

1. Dengue (Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases Unit)
2. Dracunculiasis
3. Leishmaniasis
4. Leprosy
5. Lymphatic filariasis
6. Onchocerciasis
7. Rabies (Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases Unit)
8. Schistosomiasis
9. Soil-transmitted helminthiases
10. Trachoma

Regional Office for Europe (EURO) – Vector-borne and parasitic diseases

1. Dengue and Chikungunya
2. Echinococcosis (Food safety)
3. Leishmaniasis
4. Rabies (Food safety)
5. Soil-transmitted helminthiases
6. Taeniasis/cysticercosis (Food safety)

Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) – Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases

1. Dengue, Chikungunya
2. Leprosy
3. Lymphatic filariasis
4. Rabies (International Health and Regulations)
5. Schistosomiasis
6. Visceral leishmaniasis/Kala-azar
7. Soil-transmitted helminthiases
8. Trachoma
9. Yaws

Regional Office for the Western Pacific Region (WPRO) – Neglected Tropical Diseases

1. Blinding trachoma
2. Buruli ulcer
3. Dengue
4. Echinococcosis
5. Foodborne trematodiasis
6. Leishmaniasis
7. Leprosy
8. Lymphatic filariasis
9. Rabies
10. Schistosomiasis
11. Soil-transmitted helminthiases
12. Taeniasis/cysticercosis
13. Yaws