DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 30 -- AS Tanzania continues to perform well in health in collaboration and guidance of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the country has not given up the fight to eradicate the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

Neglected Tropical Diseases, primarily endemic for five key ones targeted by preventive chemotherapy: soil-transmitted Helminths, Lymphatic Filariasis, River Blindness, and Trachoma, with high prevalence in rural, low-income areas.

Tanzanias  Ministry of Health has been committed to the NTDs control programme, integrating efforts for these diseases and others like trypanosomiasis, rabies, and buruli ulcer, showing progress in reducing their burden through mass drug administration  and strategic ...