LEADER 02762nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910785464703321 005 20230725025749.0 010 $a1-282-89746-2 010 $a9786612897467 010 $a92-4-068567-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000061306 035 $a(EBL)616071 035 $a(OCoLC)693761482 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000444739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12142936 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10471033 035 $a(PQKB)10437380 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC616071 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL616071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430901 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL289746 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000061306 100 $a20101213d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWorking to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases$b[electronic resource] $efirst WHO report on neglected tropical diseases /$f[edited by David W.T. Crompton] 210 $aGeneva, Switzerland $cWorld Health Organization$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a92-4-156409-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aWorking 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 330 $aNeglected 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 606 $aTropical medicine 606 $aCommunicable diseases 615 0$aTropical medicine. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases. 676 $a616.9883 701 $aCrompton$b David W. T$01471663 712 02$aWorld Health Organization. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785464703321 996 $aWorking to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases$93684061 997 $aUNINA