{"id":64252,"date":"2024-01-31T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ntds-reduction-is-a-long-journey-but-progress-is-almost-60-rbc"},"modified":"2024-01-31T17:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:31:20","slug":"ntds-reduction-is-a-long-journey-but-progress-is-almost-60-rbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ntds-reduction-is-a-long-journey-but-progress-is-almost-60-rbc","title":{"rendered":"NTDs reduction is a long journey but progress is almost 60% \u2013 RBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>During the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on Tuesday, January 30, at DP World Kigali, Masaka sector in Kicukiro District, Dr Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Division Manager of Malaria and NTDs at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), said the reduction in NTDs is a long journey but current figures indicate that there is a progress of almost 60 per cent.<\/p>\n

He noted that NTDs are neglected but teachers and community health workers are aware of them, adding that snakebite envenoming and rabies are common NTDs in Rwanda, thus urging the public who experience such cases to urgently go to the hospital when bitten by a dog or snake.<\/p>\n

Olivier Tuyishimire, the Senior Program Manager of Water for People in Rwanda (a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene-WASH NGO), said the more NTDs are talked about and communities sensitised, they can be prevented with proper toilets in place and access to clean water.<\/p>\n

He noted that 40 per cent of Rwandans have intestinal worms and yet it is preventable, stressing that clean toilets and clean water don\u2019t require money, yet can curb NTDs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWASH partners are working together to ensure that every school, hospital, and household has enough WASH facilities. NTDs have a very small budget, therefore, we are requesting everyone concerned to try to raise the funds and support to reduce these diseases,\u201d Tuyishimire said.<\/p>\n

Noella Bigirimana, the Deputy Director General of RBC, said: \u201cAs we reflect on combating NTDs considering our 2030 roadmap and taking new strategies, Rwanda\u2019s goal is to eliminate NTDs as public health threats in 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will work together and take sustainable measures as the government and civil societies because through collaboration we managed to eliminate sleeping sickness,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On April 26, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) validated Rwanda for successfully eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness.<\/p>\n

\u201cRwanda is committed to enhancing the collaboration with different actors to respond to the NTD burden. These include stakeholders and partners working in WASH, as well as the agriculture and animal sectors,\u201d Bigirimana said.<\/p>\n

On World Neglected Tropical Disease Day, WHO is calling on everybody, including leaders and communities, to unite and act to address the inequalities that drive NTDs and make bold, sustainable investments to free the estimated 1.62 billion people in the world\u2019s most vulnerable communities from a vicious cycle of disease and poverty.<\/p>\n

The purpose of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is to raise the profile of neglected tropical diseases, and the suffering they cause and to gather support towards their control, elimination, and eradication, in line with the programmatic targets set out in the NTD road map 2021\u22122030, and the commitments of the 2022 Kigali declaration on neglected tropical diseases.<\/p>\n

The Kigali Declaration on NTDs is a high-level, political declaration that is mobilising political will, community commitment, resources, and action, and securing commitments needed to end the suffering caused by NTDs.<\/p>\n

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