Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) consist of twenty conditions identified by the World Health Organization that ...

Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research have listed ways Nigerians could break the transmission of some Neglected Tropical Diseases in the country.The team of researchers, who ...

Current treatments require daily injections for up to 17 days which can cause pain, nausea and vomiting, and the new study is ...

How collaboratives can accelerate government initiatives to eliminate preventable global health problems, as seen in the case ...

The Kilifi government’s health sector has received a major boost after Amref Kenya donated screening equipment worth Sh13 ...

Alison Krentel, Chair of the Canadian Network for NTDs Speaks with Cindy Termorshuizen, Canada's G7 'Sherpa' at the C7 Summit ...

Mangaluru: The Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL) is set to host the 13th South ...

The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

Mycetoma is caused by bacteria or fungus and usually enters the body through cuts. It is a progressively destructive infectious disease of the body tissue, affecting skin, muscle and even bone.