The number of people at risk from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has fallen by 20 per cent over the past five years, according to figures revealed at the World Health Organization NTD Summit in Geneva.
The figures also show that as part of their treatment for NTDs, nearly a billion people were given drugs in 2015.
The World Health Organization (WHO) was reporting on progress made towards the 2012 London Declaration, in which a group of non-governmental organisations, private and public partners committed to control, eliminate or eradicate 10 NTDs by the end of the decade. This commitment helped to transform the global NTD effort into one of the largest and most successful public health initiatives in history.
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