02795nam 2200589 a 450 991045939620332120200520144314.01-282-89746-2978661289746792-4-068567-7(CKB)2670000000061306(EBL)616071(OCoLC)693761482(SSID)ssj0000444739(PQKBManifestationID)12142936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444739(PQKBWorkID)10471033(PQKB)10437380(MiAaPQ)EBC616071(Au-PeEL)EBL616071(CaPaEBR)ebr10430901(CaONFJC)MIL289746(EXLCZ)99267000000006130620101213d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWorking to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases[electronic resource] first WHO report on neglected tropical diseases /[edited by David W.T. Crompton]Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization20101 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.92-4-156409-1 Includes bibliographical references.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; AnnexesNeglected 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 prTropical medicineCommunicable diseasesElectronic books.Tropical medicine.Communicable diseases.616.9883Crompton David W. T950990World Health Organization.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459396203321Working to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases2149961UNINA