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Neglected infectious diseases (NIDs) in the scope of Global Health EDCTP3

Based on the WHO list of neglected tropical diseases 2024.

NIDs in the scope of Global Health EDCTP3:

  • Buruli ulcer
  • Ddengue and chikungunya
  • Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
  • Echinococcosis
  • Foodborne trematodiases
  • Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
  • Leishmaniases
  • Leprosy (Hansen disease)
  • Lymphatic filariasis
  • Mycetoma
  • Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
  • Rabies
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Soil-transmitted helminthiases
  • Taeniasis/cysticercosis
  • Trachoma
  • Yaws

Not in the scope of Global Health EDCTP3: Chagas disease, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses, noma, scabies and other ectoparasites, and snakebite envenoming.