
NTD Intervention
Amen Health Care and Empowerment Foundation commenced Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) intervention in November 2015 in Gombe State and January 2018 in Osun State, with the support of The END Fund. The Foundation intervenes in the control and prevention of five (5) NTDs which are; Schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis, Onchocerciasis, Lymphatic Filariasis and Trachoma Trichiasis.
Data of treatments delivered in both States as at 10th July 2024
Gombe State
Lymphatic Filariasis
16,730,822
Onchocerciasis
15,165,755
Schistosomiasis (School-Aged Children – 5 to 14 years)
2,224,747
Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (School-Aged Children – 5 to 14 years)
Not Endemic
Total
34,121,324
Osun State
Lymphatic Filariasis
15,942,791
Onchocerciasis
16,551,458
Schistosomiasis (School-Aged Children – 5 to 14 years)
2,117,269
Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (School-Aged Children – 5 to 14 years)
6,662,399
Total
41,273,917