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TThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that if countries treat and protect more than 75% of people at risk, they will defeat the diseases.
The badysis, released during the meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) this week, shows that 15 African countries all exceed the 75% target and are on the verge of eliminating diseases, many of which are in the lowest income bracket.
ESwatini, a tiny country, leads the ranks with 92% of the population at risk under treatment. Malawi is in second place with 91% of the population under treatment and Mali in third position with 90%.
The richest middle-income countries, such as Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Gabon and Botswana, all ranked in the bottom third of the league table. According to the badysis, both in South Africa – where nearly 20 million people are at risk of contracting at least one MTN – and in Botswana, only 2% of the population in need benefits from treatment or preventive measures.
However, last year, Botswana is committed to using its own national resources to eliminate all NTDs within its borders, starting in 2019. And Mozambique – where only 12 % of the eligible population is covered – is committed to spending $ 6 million to combat NTDs.
Dr. Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela, Director of Neglected Tropical Disease Control at WHO, said that these diseases trap people in a "big wheel" of poverty.
"Helminths transmitted from the ground [intestinal worms] will affect a child as soon as he starts to walk, affecting his cognitive ability, so that he will be at a disadvantage from a very young age. This child will never get out of the cycle of poverty, "she said.
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