Muhammadu Buhari, President of Tanzania, H.E. Édouard Ngirente, President of Nigeria, H.E.
Heads of Government supporting the kick-off of the Declaration included the Prime Minister of Rwanda, H.E. This will ensure the long-term sustainability of these programmes and the achievement of the WHO NTD road map and SDG 3 targets. The Kigali Declaration aims to protect the gains that have been made, whilst accelerating action by putting country ownership, integration, and cross-sectoral collaboration front and centre. Preliminary data shows that only 14 cases of Guinea worm disease were reported globally in 2021, representing the lowest case total, since the beginning of the eradication programme in the mid-1980s. This progress proves that ending NTDs is possible, however, there is still more to be done. Key successes since the London Declaration include over one billion people reached with treatment for NTDs each year, five years in a row 35 countries have eliminated at least one NTD bringing the overall total to 43 countries and 600 million fewer people now require NTD treatments. The London Declaration galvanized donor countries, philanthropists, private sector companies, non-governmental organizations, academia and research organisations to come together and commit to prioritising NTDs. The Kigali Declaration on NTDs will be the successor to the ground-breaking London Declaration on NTDs that was launched in 2012 and expired in 2020. By preventing children from going to school and adults from being able to work, NTDs trap individuals and whole communities in cycles of extreme poverty. NTDs are a group of 20 diseases like blinding trachoma, intestinal worms and elephantiasis which are preventable and treatable, but still affect 1.7 billion people around the world. January 27, 2021 – Ahead of the World NTD Day on January 30, global leaders convened today to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the London Declaration and kick off endorsements to the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) - a high-level political declaration which aims to mobilise political will and secure commitments to achieve the targets set out in the World Health Organization (WHO) NTD road map 2021-2030 and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target on NTDs. The Kigali Declaration seeks to mobilise political will and secure commitments to achieve the elimination targets for NTDs. Leaders gather to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the London Declaration and kick-off commitments to a high-level political declaration.
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