Theme: Involving communities.
A hands-on approach to neglected diseases.
On World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (January 30, 2025), PAHO calls on governments, health workers, cooperation agencies, and community and civil organizations, which play an important role in collective efforts to eliminate and control these infections, to work on comprehensive health actions focused on populations and communities.
Involve individuals and communities. It is essential to strengthen communities in order to leave installed capacities, ensuring that people are at the center of sustainable actions. A key action is to highlight the importance of giving people and communities a voice in the construction of actions that respect different ways of life.
PRESS RELEASE
PAHO calls for intensified efforts to address Leprosy and other Neglected Tropical Diseases
Washington, D.C., January 24, 2025 (PAHO) – On the occasion of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for increased efforts to eliminate these diseases, which affect more than 50 million people in the Region of the Americas...
Webinar
Stories That Inspire – Testimonials and Solutions for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Date: 30 January 2025
Time: 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Elimination Initiative
PAHO seeks to end more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions by 2030.