
Malawi Hosts Annual NTD Programme Managers Meeting
The 2026 Annual Meeting of National NTD Programme Managers was recently held in Malawi, to discuss progress toward eliminating NTDs by 2030.

The 2026 Annual Meeting of National NTD Programme Managers was recently held in Malawi, to discuss progress toward eliminating NTDs by 2030.

Sunday 25th January 2026 is World Leprosy Day, an occasion that is observed every year in January, with the aim of increasing awareness about leprosy.

The WHO recently presented the preliminary results of the first real-world study of the Skin NTDs app, with promising implications.

The tools to cure leprosy exist, but stigma and systemic neglect are still leaving many people undiagnosed and isolated.

New findings suggest leprosy may have been present in the Americas long before colonisation.

Scientists are developing gene editing tools to eliminate mosquito populations, particularly species that spread serious diseases. This has raised the question of whether we should eradicate these insects.