NO LONGER NEGLECTED Tackling Sierra Leone’s neglected tropical diseases
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developmentprogress.org This and other Development Progress materials are available at developmentprogress.org Development Progress is an ODI project that aims to measure, understand and communicate where and how progress has been made in development. ODI is the UK’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Further ODI materials are available at odi.org.uk A community drug distributor in Sierra Leone prepares a dose of medication for a patient with elephantiasis. Photo: © Olivier Asselin, courtesy of the Sabin Vaccine Institute • Sierra Leone’s mass drug administration (MDA) programmes for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have reached five million people each year for the past three years, equivalent to over 80% of the population.
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