Neglected tropical diseases: Difference between revisions

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Group of diseases that disproportionately affects the poorest populations in the world
- Cause significant disability and developmental delays
  - As such, they often perpetuate the cycle of poverty
Estimated to be the cause of about half a million deaths per year
- Also cause the loss of more than 57million DALY's yearly
Worldwide they affect about 1 in 6 people

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 *[[Balantidiasis]]
 *[[Bartonella]]
-*'''[[Buruli Ulcer]]'''
+*[[Buruli Ulcer]]
-*'''[[Chagas Disease]]'''
+*[[Chagas Disease]]
 *[[Cholera]]
-*'''[[Dengue Fever]]'''
+*[[Dengue Fever]]
-*'''[[Drancunculosis (Guinea-worm)]]'''
+*[[Drancunculosis (Guinea-worm)]]
-*'''[[Echinococcosis]]'''
+*[[Echinococcosis]]
 *[[Fascioliasis]]
-*'''[[Food borne Trematodes (flatworms)]]'''
+*[[Food borne Trematodes (flatworms)]]
 *[[Giardia]]
-*'''[[Human African Trypansomiasis (Sleeping sickness)]]'''
+*[[Human African Trypansomiasis (Sleeping sickness)]]
 *[[Loa Loa]]
-*'''[[Leishmaniasis]]'''
+*[[Leishmaniasis]]
-*'''[[Leprosy]]'''
+*[[Leprosy]]
 *[[Leptospirosis]]
-*'''[[Lymphatic filariasis]]'''
+*[[Lymphatic filariasis]]
-*'''[[Onchocerciasis (river blindness)]]'''
+*[[Onchocerciasis (river blindness)]]
-*'''[[Rabies]]'''
+*[[Rabies]]
 *[[Rift Valley Fever]]
-*'''[[Schistosomiasis]]'''
+*[[Schistosomiasis]]
-*'''[[Soil transmitted helminths]]'''
+*[[Soil transmitted helminths]]
-**'''[[Ascariasis]]'''
+**[[Ascariasis]]
-**'''[[Hookworm]]'''
+**[[Hookworm]]
-**'''[[Trichuriasis]]'''
+**[[Trichuriasis]]
-**'''[[Strongylodes]]'''
+**[[Strongylodes]]
-*'''[[Taenia/Cysticercosis]]'''
+*[[Taenia/Cysticercosis]]
-*'''[[Trachoma]]'''
+*[[Trachoma]]
-*'''[[Yaws]]'''
+*[[Yaws]]
 *[[Yellow fever]]