Tanzania set to streamline policy on neglected diseases

Currently, programmes To control NTD are largely funded by donors, according to Prof Yunus Mgaya, Director General of the National Institute for Medical Research. PHOTO | FILE

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Tanzania is endemic for all five of the most common NTDs, with a large part of the population at risk for co-infection of two or more, says a report issued by End Fund—an NGO dealing with NTDs in Tanzania