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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Group of diseases that disproportionately affects the poorest populations in the world | *Group of diseases that disproportionately affects the poorest populations in the world | ||
**Cause significant disability and developmental delays | **Worldwide they affect about 1 in 6 people | ||
**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 | *Estimated to be the cause of about half a million deaths per year | ||
*Also cause the loss of more than 57million DALY's yearly | |||
==List of Diseases== | ==List of Diseases== | ||
''List varies by source - this list aims to be comprehensive of all lists referenced''<br> | |||
'''Bolded entries are the diseases on the WHO list''' | |||
*[[Amebiasis]] | *[[Amebiasis]] | ||
*[[Balantidiasis]] | *[[Balantidiasis]] | ||
*[[Bartonella]] | *[[Bartonella henselae]] | ||
* | *[[Buruli ulcer]] | ||
* | *[[Chagas Disease]] | ||
*[[Cholera]] | *[[Cholera]] | ||
* | *[[Dengue Fever]] | ||
* | *[[Dracunculiasis]] (Guinea Worm disease) | ||
* | *[[Echinococcosis]] | ||
*[[Fascioliasis]] | *[[Fascioliasis]] | ||
* | *[[Food borne trematodes]] (flatworms) | ||
*[[Giardia]] | *[[Giardia]] | ||
* | *[[Human African Trypansomiasis]] (Sleeping sickness) | ||
*[[Loa Loa]] | *[[Loa Loa]] | ||
* | *[[Leishmaniasis]] | ||
* | *[[Leprosy]] | ||
*[[Leptospirosis]] | *[[Leptospirosis]] | ||
* | *[[Lymphatic filariasis]] | ||
* | *[[Onchocerciasis (river blindness)]] | ||
* | *[[Rabies]] | ||
*[[Rift Valley Fever]] | *[[Rift Valley Fever]] | ||
* | *[[Schistosomiasis]] | ||
* | *[[Soil transmitted helminths]] | ||
** | **[[Ascariasis]] | ||
** | **[[Hookworm]] | ||
** | **[[Trichuriasis]] | ||
** | **[[Strongyloides]] | ||
* | *[[Taenia]]/[[Cysticercosis]] | ||
* | *[[Trachoma]] | ||
* | *[[Yaws]] | ||
*[[Yellow fever]] | *[[Yellow fever]] | ||
== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Travel medicine]] | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Neglected Tropical Disease Research and Development]] | *[[Wikipedia:Neglected Tropical Disease Research and Development]] | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Neglected diseases]] | *[[Wikipedia:Neglected diseases]] | ||
*http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/ | *[http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/ CDC: Neglected Tropical Diseases] | ||
*http://www.neglecteddiseases.gov/ | *[http://www.neglecteddiseases.gov/ USAIDS: NTD Program] | ||
*http://www.globalnetwork.org/ | *[http://www.globalnetwork.org/ Global Network: Neglected Tropical Diseases] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Tropical Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:ID]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:14, 14 December 2020
Background
- Group of diseases that disproportionately affects the poorest populations in the world
- Worldwide they affect about 1 in 6 people
- 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
List of Diseases
List varies by source - this list aims to be comprehensive of all lists referenced
Bolded entries are the diseases on the WHO list
- Amebiasis
- Balantidiasis
- Bartonella henselae
- Buruli ulcer
- Chagas Disease
- Cholera
- Dengue Fever
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm disease)
- Echinococcosis
- Fascioliasis
- Food borne trematodes (flatworms)
- Giardia
- Human African Trypansomiasis (Sleeping sickness)
- Loa Loa
- Leishmaniasis
- Leprosy
- Leptospirosis
- Lymphatic filariasis
- Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
- Rabies
- Rift Valley Fever
- Schistosomiasis
- Soil transmitted helminths
- Taenia/Cysticercosis
- Trachoma
- Yaws
- Yellow fever
See Also
External Links
- Wikipedia:Neglected Tropical Disease Research and Development
- Wikipedia:Neglected diseases
- CDC: Neglected Tropical Diseases
- USAIDS: NTD Program
- Global Network: Neglected Tropical Diseases