{"id":81341,"date":"2022-01-31T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/cameroon\/the-u-s-government-commemorates-world-neglected-tropical-diseases-day-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:00:17","slug":"the-u-s-government-commemorates-world-neglected-tropical-diseases-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/cameroon\/the-u-s-government-commemorates-world-neglected-tropical-diseases-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Government commemorates World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.S. government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2022 on January 30, 2022, under this year\u2019s theme: \u201cAchieving health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases affecting over 1.7 billion people worldwide, including more than one billion children.\u00a0More than 40 percent of cases are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, including Cameroon.<\/p>\n

The Cameroon Ministries of Health and Education, with technical and financial support from USAID\u2019s flagship Act to End NTDs | West program, are conducting planning and training workshops for an array of stakeholders involved in the awareness campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

USAID\u2019s NTD program fights diseases that can be mitigated in early stages by distributing drugs donated by the pharmaceutical industry.\u00a0USAID supports delivery of safe, effective medicines to treat NTDs and measuring program impact in all ten regions of Cameroon.\u00a0USAID has provided technical and financial support to the Cameroon NTD program since 2010, with an annual budget of approximately 2.2 billion CFA ($3.8 million).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

USAID\u2019s NTD program focuses on controlling and eliminating five diseases: Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), Trachoma, Onchocerciasis (river blindness), Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted helminths (intestinal worms).\u00a0The Act to End NTDs | West Program works in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon, particularly in the Adamawa, Center, East, North, Northwest, Far North, and Southwest regions.\u00a0Support also includes technical assistance, training, and disease surveillance.<\/p>\n

The U.S. government, through USAID, looks forward to strengthening collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and for an NTDs-free Cameroon.<\/p>\n

For more information on USAID\u2019s activities in Cameroon, visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/cameroon<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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