18 Diseases The World Has Turned Its Back On
This article is part HuffPost’s Project Zero campaign, a yearlong series on neglected tropical diseases and efforts to eliminate them.
More than 1 billion people on the planet suffer from illnesses that the world pays little attention to.
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of at least 18 diseases that primarily affect people living in poverty in tropical regions of the world and are virtually unknown elsewhere, according to the World Health Organization.
These are diseases like river blindness, which has infected 18 million people worldwide and caused blindness in 270,000 people; or...
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Chagas Disease Screening in Umbilical Cord Blood Donors Chagas Disease Screening in Umbilical Cord Blood Donors
The identification of Chagas disease among cord blood donors highlights the importance of screening for this parasitic infection.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Journal Article Source Type: news
Bayer announces Phase III CHICO study of Nifurtimox to treat Chagas disease
Bayer has announced a Phase III CHICO study of Nifurtimox to treat children of all age groups with Chagas disease. (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - November 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Seroprevalence and disease burden of chagas disease in south Texas
(PLOS) A paper published in PLOS Neglected Diseases led by researchers at the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine suggests that the disease burden in southern Texas is much higher than previously thought. Considering up to 30 percent of people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi can develop fatal cardiomyopathy, this study's findings carry important implications to the health of the population of south Texas. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
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Plan of Action for the Elimination of Neglected Infectious Diseases and Post-Elimination Actions 2016-2022
World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization. 07/07/2016 This 33-page document, prepared for the 68th Session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization for the Americas in September 2016, provides a six-year Plan of Action for neglected infectious diseases (NIDs) that proposes up-to-date lines of action to reduce morbidity, disability, and mortality; and to more rapidly advance efforts to eliminate NIDs as public health problems and stop NID transmission. It will address the surveillance, management, control, and elimination of 13 diseases: blinding trachoma, Chagas disease, cystic echinococ...
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New research reveals single class of drug could treat three neglected diseases
New research conducted by scientists from the University of York and Novartis has revealed that one drug might be able to treat three fatal and usually neglected parasitic diseases, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis, als … (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
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One drug is 'new hope' for three killer infections
A single drug can treat three deadly and neglected infections - Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness - animal studies show.. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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New compound offers hope for millions
A single class of drugs could treat chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness Related items fromOnMedica Parasitic worm increases women's fertility Weight loss linked to intestinal worms helps fight the parasite World ‘not prepared’ for Zika and Ebola Better use of vaccines could help tackle antimicrobial resistance Drugs firm waives drug patents in poor countries (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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A single compound could treat Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness
Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Compound found to treat three parasitic tropical diseases
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a single class of drugs that can kill the parasites responsible for three tropical diseases that affect millions in Africa, Asia and Latin America - Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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A single compound could treat 3 parasitic diseases
(Wellcome Trust) Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
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Look What I Got On Summer Vacation – Giardia!
Discussion
People often don’t think that developed countries have parasitic diseases but this is not true. The major parasitic infections endemic in the United States can be thought of as:
Intestinal parasitic infections
Seen throughout the US but especially in the northern states during the summer
Often occur through recreational water use
Cryptosprodiosis, Dientamoebiasis and Giardiasis are the most common.
Neglected tropical diseases
Seen especially in the southern states (especially Texas) and are linked to extreme poverty
Chagas disease, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Toxocariasis, and Toxoplasmosis are the most co...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 18, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Look What I Got On Summer Vacation – Giardia!
Discussion
People often don’t think that developed countries have parasitic diseases but this is not true. The major parasitic infections endemic in the United States can be thought of as:
Intestinal parasitic infections
Seen throughout the US but especially in the northern states during the summer
Often occur through recreational water use
Cryptosprodiosis, Dientamoebiasis and Giardiasis are the most common.
Neglected tropical diseases
Seen especially in the southern states (especially Texas) and are linked to extreme poverty
Chagas disease, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Toxocariasis, and Toxoplasmosis are the most co...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 18, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
The genetic hunt to take down Chagas disease
A gallery on UK research into parasite strains and their insect vectors, to improve drug treatment. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - July 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
$2.3M grant funds app creation to diagnose diseases
(Cornell University) The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded to Cornell University a four-year, $2.3 million grant to develop FeverPhone, which will diagnose six febrile diseases in the field: dengue, malaria, chikungunya, typhoid fever, leptospirosis and Chagas' disease. Faculty members David Erickson and Saurabh Mehta will lead the team. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
