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

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dc.contributor.authorSorgho, Gaston
dc.contributor.authorLavadenz, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorTshivuila Matala, Opope Oyaka
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T19:35:07Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T19:35:07Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractEighteen 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138591548221198720/A-Call-to-Support-Francophone-African-Countries-to-End-the-Tremendous-Suffering-from-NTDs
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/31195
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31195
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHealth, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTROPICAL DISEASES
dc.subjectHEALTH EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASE
dc.subjectBURDEN OF DISEASE
dc.subjectDEWORMING
dc.subjectCHEMOTHERAPY
dc.subjectWATER AND SANITATION
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectHEALTH FINANCING
dc.titleA Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDsen
dc.typeBriefen
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okr.crossref.titleA Call to Support Francophone African Countries to End the Tremendous Suffering from NTDs
okr.date.disclosure2019-01-23
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138591548221198720/A-Call-to-Support-Francophone-African-Countries-to-End-the-Tremendous-Suffering-from-NTDs
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/31195
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okr.identifier.report133931
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138591548221198720/pdf/133931-BRI-PUBLIC-22-1-2019-11-54-26-NTDsinFPACsOctEN.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.unitHNP AFR Central (GHN13)
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