neglected tropical diseases
Quantitative analyses and modelling to support achievement of the 2020 goals for nine neglected tropical diseases
... of neglected tropical diseases are controlled by increased diagnosis and management of cases (inten- sified disease management, ...these diseases cause significant morbidity and mortality, the ...
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Philosophical Considerations in Health: Conceptualizing to Educate—A Perspective on Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil
... debilitating diseases that make it impossible for in- dividuals to work and perform their daily ...of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the overall pic- ture is far to be reversed in the ...
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Venezuela and its rising vector borne Neglected Tropical Diseases
... the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), but over the last several decades, we have also seen how political destabilization or even out- right conflict can hasten economic declines and promote a ...
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Abstract: The diagnosis of fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) is primarily based on initial
... fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) is primarily based on initial visual recognition of a suspected case followed by confirmatory laboratory testing, which is often limited to specialized ...
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Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic
... of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) emerged more than a decade ago and has been recognised as a valid categorisation of diseases of the ...
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Mortality Trends for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the State of Sergipe, Brazil, 1980–2013
... these neglected diseases, which may contribute to warn managers about the need to prioritize and readjust actions related to surveillance, support, therapeutic qual- ity, and control of these ...the ...
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Community-based interventions for the prevention and control of helmintic neglected tropical diseases
... In this paper, we aim to systematically analyze the effectiveness of community-based interventions (CBIs) for the prevention and control of helminthiasis including soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) (ascariasis, ...
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Frequency and distribution of neglected tropical diseases in Mozambique: a systematic review
... Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than one billion people living in vulnerable conditions. In spite of initiatives recently contributing to fill NTDs gaps on national and ...
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The monetary value of human lives lost due to neglected tropical diseases in Africa
... on neglected tropical diseases [105]; regional strategy on NTDs [106]; regional strategic plan for NTDs [106]; roadmap for accelerating work to overcome the global impact of neglected ...
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The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections and neglected tropical diseases in Oceania
... Standard approaches to scabies control have focussed on people with symptoms and their household contacts, and involved the use of topical cream (permethrin or benzoyl benzoate) with follow up review in 2 weeks. However, ...
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The Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Ancient Afflictions of Stigma and Poverty and the Prospects for their Control and Elimination
... 13 tropical infections as the neglected tropical diseases ...These diseases, which include leprosy, kala-azar, river blindness, guinea worm, schistosomiasis, hookworm and lymphatic fi ...
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Compliance with anthelmintic treatment in the neglected tropical diseases control programmes: a systematic review
... burden neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): soil-transmitted helminth infections (hookworm, ascariasis, and trichuriasis), lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, and ...some ...
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Neglected tropical diseases of oceania: review of their prevalence, distribution, and opportunities for control
... The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent the most common infections of the world’s poorest people, a group sometimes known as ‘‘the bottom billion’’ ...These tropical infections trap ...
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The Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis: a contribution to global mapping of neglected tropical diseases
... The dramatic development of geospatial technologies has revolutionized disease mapping by providing tools of unprecedented accuracy, coverage and affordability [43-45]. However, several other factors, many of which are ...
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Seven challenges for modelling indirect transmission: Vector-borne diseases, macroparasites and neglected tropical diseases
... Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that predominantly affect low-income populations in tropical countries. They include a wide range of infections, causative ...
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Patent landscape of neglected tropical diseases: an analysis of worldwide patent families
... “neglected tropical diseases” ...17 diseases: buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, dengue, dracunculiasis (guinea- worm disease), echinococcosis, trematodiasis, human African trypanosomiasis ...
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Seven challenges for modelling indirect transmission : vector borne diseases, macroparasites and neglected tropical diseases
... Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that predominantly affect low-income populations in tropical countries. They include a wide range of infections, causative ...
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Neglected tropical diseases in the People’s Republic of China: progress towards elimination
... Since the founding of the People ’ s Republic of China in 1949, considerable progress has been made in the control and elimination of the country ’ s initial set of 11 neglected tropical diseases. ...
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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Mental Health: Progress, Partnerships, and Integration
... Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are increasingly recognised as major drivers of psychosocial morbidity in affected individuals and their ...the Neglected Tropical Disease / ...
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Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases
... Since 2006, several partnerships committed to MDA have formed an alliance, which is known as the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases and aims to increase efficiencies and prod[r] ...
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