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The World Health Organization called on Monday for greater investment in combating neglected tropical diseases, which left more than 1.6 billion people, often in least-developed countries, requiring treatment in 2021.

A photo taken in the late hours of August 17, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus.

By comparison, he cited the investment poured into Mpox as soon as it began spreading outside Africa last year.“It is time now for more equity. We need to protect people wherever they are, and whatever their social condition.” As of December, 47 countries had eradicated at least one NTD, with eight certified as having eliminated one in 2022 alone.

 

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