EIGHT DISEASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY NTDS IN SOMALIA. THESE INCLUDE.

( 1)visceral leishmaniasis  (kalaazar)

(2)leprosy

(3)urinary schistosomiasis

(4) lymphaticfilariasis

(5)rabies

(6)dengue fever

(7)trachoma

(8)soil transmitted helminthiasis.

• Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) have not received as much attention as other diseases Thus continued to debilitate, deform, blind and kill sizeable proportions of the population. Data on the burden of NTDs and their distribution is incomplete; access to preventive and curative services is inadequate and not well integrated.
• most of the health workers in Somalia have little or no experience in dealing with those diseases as they are not able to diagnose and treat these diseases and need special training and experience.

SNTDICS provides training on diagnosis, treatments and prevention of NTDs, and also to conduct Researches that help mapping of NTDs in Somalia leading to  control and elimination programs