Overview: The parasite Taenia solium, which causes taeniasis and cysticercosis, is a zoonosis included in the WHO list of Neglected Tropical Diseases, and its transmission cycle involves humans and pigs. In humans, cysticercosis in the central nervous system is called neurocysticercosis and is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in many low-income countries.

The “Monitoring & Evaluation of Early Warnings for All” (EW4ALL) e-learning course is developed in alignment with the global goal set forth by the UN Secretary-General: ensuring that ‘all people on Earth must be protected by early warning systems within five years.’ This ambitious target reflects a collective commitment to safeguard communities worldwide from the increasing risks posed by c

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most important transmissible conditions of public health concern in both low- and high-resource settings, and is one of the single most important infectious disease killers. As part of its mandate, the World Health Organization produces evidence-based guidelines on different aspects of TB prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment.

Air pollution impacts our health, environment, biodiversity and economy. Air pollutants come from multiple sources, such as traffic, industry and agriculture, and are transported over large distances and across borders. It is therefore paramount that we take action together — across sectors and national boundaries.

Conducting risk analysis during strategic planning exercises a) expands humanitarian focus from acute and urgent needs to chronic vulnerabilities and exposure to future risks, stress, and shocks, and b) helps integrate reduction of extreme vulnerability into planning to facilitate recovery, and therefore aims at preventing new and reducing existing risk, all of which contributes decrease future

The road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 aims at guiding the global NTD community toward the achievement of the overarching, cross-cutting and disease-specific targets set for 2030.