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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459396203321

Titolo

Working to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases [[electronic resource] ] : first WHO report on neglected tropical diseases / / [edited by David W.T. Crompton]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2010

ISBN

1-282-89746-2

9786612897467

92-4-068567-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CromptonDavid W. T

Disciplina

616.9883

Soggetti

Tropical medicine

Communicable diseases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Working to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Executive summary; 1. Neglected tropical diseases: a paradigm shift; Sixty years of growing concern; Human and economic burden; Ways forward; Neglected tropical diseases in the world today; Global and regional plans for prevention and control; Conclusions; Annexes

Sommario/riassunto

Neglected tropical diseases blight the lives of a billion people worldwide and threaten the health of millions more. These close companions of poverty weaken impoverished populations, frustrate the achievement of health in the Millennium Development Goals and impede global public health outcomes. Wider recognition of the public health significance of neglected tropical diseases and better knowledge of their epidemiology have stimulated necessary changes in public health thinking to approach and achieve control. The World Health Organization recommends five control strategies or intervention pr