Disease | Vector | Current population affected | Current WHO control/elimination targets |
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Chagas disease | Triatomine bugs | 6 to 7 million, in the Americas | Elimination of peridomiciliary infestation by 2020 |
Dengue | Aedes mosquitoes | 390 million annually. At least 500 000 develop severe dengue, and 2.5% of these die | Reduced rates of morbidity by at least 25% and of mortality by 50% by 2020 |
Human African trypanosomiasis | Tsetse flies | Estimate of 20 000 new cases (2014), in Africa | Elimination in 80% of foci by 2015 and total elimination by 2020 |
Leishmaniasis | Phlebotomine sandflies | Over 1.5 million cases, 90% of which are in India, Bangladesh, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Brazil | 100% case detection and treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in South Asia by 2020 |
Malaria | Anopheles mosquitoes | 214 million cases in 2014 and 438 000 deaths | Reduced incidence and mortality by at least 90% by 2030 |
Rift Valley Fever | Several mosquito species | Unclear; epidemic-prone zoonotic disease | Unclear |
Schistosomiasis | Freshwater snails | Over 200 million people in 2013 | Elimination as a public health problem globally by 2025 |