Neglected Infectious Diseases
Neglected ('forgotten') diseases are a set of infectious diseases, many of them parasitic, that primarily affect the most vulnerable populations: the poorest of the poor, the most marginalized, and those with the least access to health services—especially impoverished people living in remote rural areas and urban shantytowns. Dealing with these poverty-related diseases calls for a more integrated and multi-disease approach, one requiring multisectoral action, piggy-backed initiatives, and cost-effective interventions to reduce their negative impact on the health and social and economic well-being of all peoples in the Americas. The NIDs are: Congenital Syphilis, Leprosy, Onchocerciasis, Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Plague, Fasciolasis, Malaria, Schistosomiasis,
Human Rabies, Neonatal Tetanus, Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis, Leishmaniasis, & Trachoma - Photos: © PAHO/WHO
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