The causes and impacts of neglected tropical and zoonotic diseases [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities for integrated intervention strategies, workshop summary / / Eileen R. Choffnes and David A. Relman, Rapporteurs

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: xxv, 578 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 616.9/883
• Soggetto topico: Tropical medicine; Zoonoses - Prevention
• Altri autori: ChoffnesEileen R RelmanDavid A
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Workshop overview -- Contributed manuscripts -- Regional approaches to neglected tropical diseases control in Latin America and the Caribbean / Steven Kenyon Ault and Mirta Roses Periago -- Neglected tropical diseases, conflict, and the right to health / Chris Beyrer, Sonal Singh, and Darshan Sudarshi -- Parasite Prevalence and the worldwide distribution of cognitive ability / Christopher Eppig, Corey L. Fincher, and Randy Thornhill -- The Neglected tropical diseases: current status of control and the U.K. contribution / Alan Fenwick -- Integrated implementation of programs targeting neglected tropical diseases through preventive chemotherapy: proving the feasibility at national-scale / Mary Linehan et al. -- Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) slated for elimination and eradication / Donald R. Hopkins -- The neglected tropical diseases and the neglected infections of poverty: overview of their common features, global disease burden and distribution, new control tools, and prospects for disease elimination / Peter J. Hotez -- Neglected infections of poverty in the United States of America / Peter J. Hotez -- Developing vaccines to combat hookworm infection and intestinal schistosomiasis / Peter J. Hotez et al. -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation approach and strategy to the neglected tropical diseases 1998-2010 / Julie Jacobson and Regina Rabinovich -- Progress in control and elimination of human African trypanosomiasis, 2010 / Jean Jannin, Pere P. Simarro, and José R. Franco -- Schistosomiasis: challenges and opportunities / Charles H. King -- Neglected zoonotic diseases / Lonnie King -- Diagnostic needs for NTD programs / Patrick J. Lammie et al. -- Neglected tropical and zoonotic diseases and their impact on women's and children's health / Marian C. McDonald -- Global funding of new products for neglected tropical diseases / Mary Moran -- The global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: health impact after 8 years / Eric A. Ottesen et al. -- The economic benefits resulting from the first 8 years of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (2000-2007) / Brian K. Chu et al. -- Neglected tropical diseases: the development of a brand with no copyright. A shift from a disease-centered to a tool-centered strategic approach / Lorenzo Savioli, Antonio Montresor, and Albis F. Gabrielli -- Looking beyond the lamp post: addressing social determinants of neglected tropical diseases in devising integrated control strategies / Jerry M. Spiegel -- Chagas disease impact and opportunities: beyond the historical dogma / Rick L. Tarleton
• Titolo autorizzato: The causes and impacts of neglected tropical and zoonotic diseases
• ISBN: 0-309-21617-6; 1-283-13504-3; 9786613135049; 0-309-18635-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781341803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II