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World Neglected Tropical Diseases
February 5 , 2021
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- The second annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day was celebrated on January 30, 2021.
- The day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the 2012 London Declaration on NTDs.
- India also joined the world to combat the Neglected Tropical Diseases.
- Neglected Tropical Diseases are the tropical infections caused by viruses, protozoa, bacteria, and parasitic worms.
- These are the diseases that get less importance and treatment as compared to the major diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
- NTDs affect over 1.7 billion people living in the poorest countries.
- Some of the NTDs are Buruli ulcer, Lymphatic filariasis, Rabies, Dengue and Chikungunya etc.
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