Advocacy groups have pushed hard for certain conditions to be included on the WHO list of neglected tropical diseases.
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.
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 ...
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 two year old girl being examined for the possibility of leprosy in Marana, Madagascar, Laetitia Bezain/dpa via Getty Images It’s sobering to reflect that “neglected tropical diseases” are referred ...
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