Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Areas Affected

Population Affected

Prevalence Rate

Year of Study

Buruli Ulcer

46 out of the 170 districts in Ghana

Data not available

Data not available

Data not available

Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT)

Five out of the ten regions in Ghana

4.5 million

Data not available

Data not available

Lymphatic Filariasis

74 out of the 170 districts in 8 regions of Ghana

15,000

20%-40%

1999

Onchocerciasis

40 endemic districts in all regions except the Greater Accra Region

2 million

11.1%

2009

Schistosomiasis

170 districts in all regions

7 million

6.3%

2008

Soil-Transmitted Helminths

17 districts in most regions of Ghana

360,000

0.3%

2008

Trachoma

Upper West and Northern regions

2.6 million

≤ 10%

2000

Leprosy

All districts

366

Data not available

Data not available

Yaws

All districts in Ghana

Data not available

0.7%

Data not available