Africa: Innovative, Sustainable Funding Needed to Deal with Neglected Tropical Diseases: [allAfrica] Gaborone — Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect over a billion people worldwide. These diseases, like Mycetoma and African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness are preventable and treatable, but if untreated they can debilitate, disfigure, and kill. Despite affecting so many people, especially in underdeveloped countries, budgets for NTD-related programs are often limited. Of the 1 billion people worldwide affected by NTDs, an estimated 40% live in 47 African countries. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Identifying Opportunities for Sustainable Financing for Neglected Tropical Diseases: [allAfrica] Gaborone — During the World Health Organization’s 73rd Africa Regional Committee held in Botswana, AllAfrica’s Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Thoko Elphick-Pooley, Executive Director of Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) to discuss progress made in eliminating NTDs in Africa. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: WAFCON 2024 Qualifiers: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire Eliminated: [CAF] Cameroon, four-time finalists of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, will not play in next year’s tournament in Morocco after being eliminated by Kenya on Tuesday. – AllAfrica News: Africa
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