Facilitating access to recommended medicines and diagnostics for NTDs

WHO manages the donation of a series of quality-assured medicines and rapid diagnostic tests for public health control or individual treatment of selected NTDs, including the followings:

• Lymphatic filariasis: albendazole, diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC), Filaria Test Strips
• Soil-transmitted helminthiases: albendazole, mebendazole
• Schistosomiasis: praziquantel
• Visceral leishmaniasis: liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome)
• Leprosy: MDT (multi-drug therapy)
• Taeniasis/cysticercosis: praziquantel, niclosamide
• Foodborne trematodiases: praziquantel, niclosamide, triclabendazole

WHO also helps coordinate access to ivermectin against lymphatic filariasis with the Mectizan Donation Programme.