As of December 2022, 47 countries had eliminated at least one NTD and more countries were in the process of achieving this target.
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2021-2022年取得的成就建立在之前十年的重大进展之上。
Accomplishments made in 2021-2022 build on a decade of significant progress.
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2021年，需要对被忽视的热带病进行干预的人数比2010年减少了25%。
In 2021, 25% fewer people required interventions against NTDs than in 2010, and more than one billion people were treated for NTDs each year between 2016 and 2019 through mass treatment interventions.
“Around the world, millions of people have been liberated from the burden of neglected tropical diseases, which keep people trapped in cycles of poverty and stigma,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
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但是，正如这份进展报告所显示的那样，我们还有很多工作要做。
“But as this progress report shows, we still have a lot of work to do.
The good news is, we have the tools and the know-how not just to save lives and prevent suffering, but to free entire communities and countries of these diseases.
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是时候立即行动，共同行动，投入资金防治被忽视的热带病了。”
It’s time to act now, act together, and investin NTDs.”
The report also notes the significant impact of COVID-19 had on community-based interventions and on access to health facilities, as well as on supply chains for healthcare products.
This led to 34% fewer people receiving treatment for NTDs between 2019 and 2020, even if a general resumption of activities enabled a 11% increase in recovery in 2021, when approximately 900 million people were treated.