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Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin. In a first-ever infection, the infected person usually ...
The London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases was a collaborative disease eradication programme launched on 30 January 2012 in London. It was inspired by the World Health Organization roadmap to eradicate or prevent transmission for neglected tropical diseases by the year 2020. [ 1 ]
The Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases launched the Kigali Declaration as a "100% Committed" (the name of the campaign [17]) political movement on 27 January 2022. [ 18 ] Édouard Ngirente , Prime Minister of Rwanda, Muhammadu Buhari , President of Nigeria, Samia Suluhu Hassan , President of Tanzania, and James Marape , Prime ...
Of the 17 neglected tropical diseases which the World Health Organization recognized in 2017, six are common in India. [87] Those 6 diseases are Lymphatic filariasis , kala-azar ( Visceral leishmaniasis ), Leptospirosis , Rabies , Soil-transmitted helminthiasis , and Dengue fever .
Tropical diseases are ... lecture by Professor Frank Cox on the history of tropical disease, given at Gresham College, 17 ... "Neglected Tropical Diseases ...
Neglected tropical diseases are historically hard to treat for many reasons. They most often occur in impoverished regions and countries, often in remote areas. They also tend to be debilitating ...
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is an advocacy initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute dedicated to raising the awareness, political will, and funding necessary to control and eliminate the most common Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)—a group of disabling, disfiguring, and deadly diseases affecting more than 1.4 billion people worldwide living on less than $1.25 a day.
The organization is a major partner in the global effort to eliminate three neglected tropical diseases by 2025—blinding trachoma, river blindness, and lymphatic filariasis—which collectively threaten hundreds of millions of people each year with blindness, disfigurement, and death. [16]