WHO recently approved a shorter, safer #Kalaazar treatment for East Africa, cutting injections from 34 to 14 and replacing the most toxic drug with a pill.
More on this breakthrough: willowhealthmedia.org/fewer-jabs-f... #NTDs

WHO recently approved a shorter, safer #Kalaazar treatment for East Africa, cutting injections from 34 to 14 and replacing the most toxic drug with a pill.
More on this breakthrough: willowhealthmedia.org/fewer-jabs-f... #NTDs
What is mass drug administration? 🤔
This key strategy in the fight against #NTDs involves giving medication to everyone in a community to treat & prevent diseases so they won't spread. 💊
We support mass drug administration to help give everyone the chance to live a life free of disease. 💜🤍
With Timor-Leste & Bhutan's major victories over #Trachoma & #Rabies, 65 nations have now eliminated at least one #NTDs, proving that ending preventable diseases is possible when we all #UniteActEliminate. We must protect these hard-won gains. Let's keep the pressure on to #BeatNTDs!
🇧🇹 Bhutan is the 1st country validated by @who.int to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies in the South-East Asia region! This #OneHealth success is a massive leap toward our 2030 #NTDs Roadmap goals. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qXDGYV #BeatNTDs
As part of the 2025–26 #WithoutBordersMediaFellowship, journalist Rituparna Palit, a recipient of the MSF SouthAsia-DNDi Grant on #NTDs, explores #mycetoma in her latest feature for The Scientist:
www.the-scientist.com/mycetoma-the...