In March, Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency over an alarming outbreak of dengue fever. Local officials have confirmed more than 500 cases of the potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus as ...
It's sobering to reflect that "neglected tropical diseases" are referred to as "neglected" because they persist in the poorest, most marginalized communities even after being wiped out in more ...
It’s a disease of children living in extreme poverty. Its cause is uncertain. So is the number of children it affects. But soon, the devastating condition known as noma may be a bit less neglected.
100 million Nigerians are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: what the country is doing about it
A nurse gives gives medicine, Ivermectin, against onchocerciasis or river blindness. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Neglected tropical diseases are a group of communicable diseases found in ...
The trip from Zanzibar to San Francisco — via Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa and Washington, DC — is gruelling at the best of times. For Delali Attipoe, suffering from dengue fever just as she set off, it ...
A case of advanced liver pathology (hepatomegaly) due to schistosomiasis in a 5-year-old. Prof Takafira Mduluza There are already tools to prevent and treat these diseases. They include drugs, vector ...
The classification of scabies as a neglected tropical disease and the acknowledgment that it is an important communicable disease in resource-poor countries pave the way for support for and ...
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