LOCAL REALITIES AND THE CONTROL OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN EASTERN AFRICA
AbstractT he new Millennium has seen a strong advocacy push to improve financing for a category of tropical illnesses known as "Neglected Tropical Diseases," or NTDs, within this increasingly complex global health infrastructure. Tropical diseases such as sleeping sickness, schistosomiasis, hookworm, leprosy, and rabies have earned the moniker "forgotten diseases of forgotten people" (Hotez, 2008).
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14912253
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00