Neglected tropical diseases: one billion people affected
A Brazilian researcher inspects Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae with Wolbachia, the main vector of dengue, in Rio de Janeiro, August 29, 2017. REUTERS / Pilar Olivares
By: Igor Strauss
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Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis or lymphatic filariasis ... WHO has identified 20 neglected tropical diseases that affect more than a billion people.
These diseases are rampant in areas where access to quality health services, drinking water and sanitation is difficult.
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What are the characteristics of these diseases?
How to prevent them?
Is it possible to eradicate them?
Prof. Arezki Izri,
Senior Lecturer, Head of the parasitology department at
the Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny
, in the Paris region.
Prof. Henri Assé,
plastic surgeon engaged for 20 years in the field in the fight against leprosy and Buruli ulcer in Côte d'Ivoire.
Consultant for
neglected tropical diseases to WHO
.
Former coordinating director of
the national Buruli ulcer control program
in Côte d'Ivoire
At the end of the program
, we find the nutrition column of
Stéphane Besançon
, nutritionist and director of
the NGO Santé Diabète
in Bamako, Mali.
► All the chronicles are available
here
.
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