Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/On-Neglected-Tropical-Diseases-152277015.html
Editorials
05-20-2012
On Neglected Tropical Diseases
Over a billion people, one in every six people living on this planet, suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases.
Over a billion people, one in every six people living on this planet, suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. NTDs are a group of tropical infections which are especially common people with little or no access to clean water and sanitation, who live in the poorest regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
These usually treatable and preventable diseases include schistosomiasis; Elephantiasis; Trachoma; Chagas Disease; River Blindness; Leprosy; Kala-azar, dengue, black fever and other forms of Leishmaniasis; and the three most common infections -- the soil-transmitted parasites hookworm, roundworm and whipworm...
Editorials
05-20-2012
On Neglected Tropical Diseases
Over a billion people, one in every six people living on this planet, suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases.
Over a billion people, one in every six people living on this planet, suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. NTDs are a group of tropical infections which are especially common people with little or no access to clean water and sanitation, who live in the poorest regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
These usually treatable and preventable diseases include schistosomiasis; Elephantiasis; Trachoma; Chagas Disease; River Blindness; Leprosy; Kala-azar, dengue, black fever and other forms of Leishmaniasis; and the three most common infections -- the soil-transmitted parasites hookworm, roundworm and whipworm...