The federal government has said at least two out of every three Nigerians are affected by one or more Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
The National Coordinator for NTDs, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Fatai Oyediran, disclosed this at the high-level advocacy meeting with commissioners of health from the 36 states and the FCT held in Abuja on Wednesday.
Mr Oyediran said approximately 1.7 billion people are affected by NTDs globally, a figure more than three times the number of people affected by HIV, TB and malaria.
