USAID's NTD Program
Countries
Background
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| These community members are in line to receive drugs in a mass drug administration under Mali's integrated NTD control program. Source: Albis Francesco Gabrielli |
Millions of people around the world are at risk of contracting one or more debilitating NTDs. Seven of these diseases are treatable and/or preventable with safe and effective drugs, including — lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis (snail fever), soil transmitted helminthiasis (hookworm, roundworm, whipworm), and trachoma (eye infection).
USAID provides financial and technical support to countries to deliver regular, large-scale treatment for at-risk populations. These treatments are distributed by community-based distributors through a method called mass drug administration (MDA).