London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct about London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases?
1. It aims to eliminate or control 10 neglected diseases by 2020.
2. WHO, the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's 13 leading pharmaceutical companies will participate in these joint efforts.- Published on 24 Nov 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Both
London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)
- NTDs are mostly confined to the Asian and African countries out of which most of them are least developed.
- WHO has designed a target to eliminate the most of the NTDs by 2020.
- The ambitious commitment is to eradicate Guinea worm disease, and eliminate lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, African sleeping sickness and blinding trachoma; and to control schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, Chagas disease, visceral leishmaniasis and river blindness.
