Neglected zoonotic diseases: It's now time for action urges WHO.

In addition, the WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Organization for Animal Health have joined their hands and pledged to reduce the magnitude of NZDs.[1] Subsequently, more emphasis was given to overcome the global impact of NZDs (viz. rabies, cysticercosis, echinococcosis, and leishmaniasis) at the World Health Assembly meet in 2013.[2,3] In fact, a comprehensive policy framework (with well-defined roles of different stakeholders like decision makers, veterinary specialist, community, etc.) has also been developed by the WHO to involve the concerned sectors and thus collectively speed up the elimination of different NZDs.[1,3]