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DR Congo NTD Elimination Programmes Public Health Report: Need and Coverage, Demographic and Geographic Distribution, Risk Factors, Screening and Diagnosis, Treatment Coverage, Programmes, Gaps and Outlook
DR Congo
Only published figures are shown here, with their year and source. The full report keeps reported cases, survey estimates and modelled estimates apart, and names the data gaps.
| Topic | NTD Elimination Programmes |
|---|---|
| Place | DR Congo |
| Basic toilets (sanitation) (latest) | 16% of people (2024)Source: World Bank Open Data, Basic toilets (sanitation) (% of people). Retrieved 14 Nov 2026. |
| Report sections | 16 (table of contents) |
| Formats | PDF, PPTX, XLSX |
NTD elimination programmes aim to stop transmission or end NTDs as a public health problem, with WHO validating success. This report covers eradication targets, elimination of transmission and elimination as a public health problem.
The report sets out the scale of need for NTD elimination programmes in DR Congo: who needs it, how many are reached and the health problems it addresses, using Population Requiring Interventions, Mass Drug Administration Coverage, Reported Cases, Disability From NTDs and Elimination Status.
Need and coverage are broken down by age (pre-school children, school-age children, adolescents, adults and older adults), gender and income, with a focus on rural poor communities, school-age children, women and girls, farmers and fishers, remote and nomadic communities and people living with NTD-Related disability.
Findings are compared across states, provinces and districts where data allows, and between urban, rural and informal settlement areas, to show where needs are greatest and where gaps between places are widest.
Main risk factors include poverty, unsafe water and sanitation, contact with vectors, living near rivers and forests, poor housing and limited health services. Income, education, housing, water and sanitation, and gender and social norms are reviewed as social drivers of health.
The report reviews awareness and uptake of NTD elimination programmes, and how people in need are found, through mapping and prevalence surveys, community case detection, rapid diagnostic tests and skin and eye examinations, by group and by area.
It compares the number of people who need NTD elimination programmes with the number reached, to show the coverage gap and which groups are missed.
Treatment and prevention covered include national NTD master plans, WHO validation dossiers, cross-border coordination and domestic financing, with how widely each is delivered and how well it is sustained.
Health outcomes covered include disability and disfigurement, blindness, stigma and exclusion and lost schooling and income, and what is known about the effect of NTD elimination programmes on them.
The report looks at primary health care, community drug distributors, laboratory and mapping teams and donated medicine supply chains, the health workforce, and the physical, financial and distance barriers to care, including how people use public and private services.
DR Congo scores 41 out of 100 on the WHO universal health coverage index (2023).[1] People pay 38.0% of all health spending out of their own pockets (2023).[2] Money from abroad pays for 37.0% of health spending (2023).[3] Basic toilets (sanitation): 16% of people in 2024, the latest WHO figure for DR Congo.[4]
[1] WHO Global Health Observatory, Universal health coverage index (index (0–100)). Retrieved 15 Nov 2026.
[2] World Bank Open Data, Out-of-pocket spending (% of health spending). Retrieved 14 Nov 2026.
[3] World Bank Open Data, Health spending from abroad (% of health spending). Retrieved 14 Nov 2026.
[4] WHO Global Health Observatory, Basic toilets (sanitation) (% of people). Retrieved 15 Nov 2026.
It describes what NTD elimination programmes costs to deliver, who pays for it and the costs that fall on households, including funding from government, donors and NGOs.
Worldwide guidance and funding for NTD elimination programmes include WHO NTD Road Map 2021–2030, Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases, Pharmaceutical Medicine Donation Programmes and Expanded Special Project for Elimination of NTDs (ESPEN). The report reviews national programmes, donor and NGO funding, and what is known about their impact.
Year-wise trends and changes across survey rounds are shown and compared with peer countries, with the data collection year and reporting period stated for each figure.
The report names gaps in screening, diagnosis, treatment and access, the high-risk and underserved communities most affected, and where reliable data is missing.
It looks ahead at future need for NTD elimination programmes, the resources it will require and the areas most at risk of falling behind.
The report closes with key findings, the population groups to prioritise and recommendations on where to target resources. Figures come from WHO Global Health Observatory NTD Data, ESPEN Portal, National NTD Programme Data and Global Burden of Disease (IHME). Reported cases, survey estimates and modelled estimates are kept apart, and missing figures are named as data gaps.
What doctors and scientists are doing in NTD Elimination Programmes Public Health Report right now, from free public sources.
16 % of people
Basic toilets (sanitation), DR Congo, 2024 (WHO).
Compare every country on the Public Health DashboardSources: PubMed (US National Library of Medicine), ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO Global Health Observatory, World Bank. Fetched 15 Nov 2026. Papers and trials are found by search words, so the counts are a guide. Titles only; read each paper at its source.
[1] World Bank Open Data, Basic toilets (sanitation) (% of people). Retrieved 14 Nov 2026.
[2] World Bank Open Data, Health spending per person (US$ per person). Retrieved 15 Nov 2026.
[3] World Bank Open Data, Doctors (per 1,000 people). Retrieved 14 Nov 2026.
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