Abstract
Helminth elimination in the pursuit of sustainable development goals: a "worm index" for human development.
Highlights
In June 2012, a landmark United Nations conference on sustainable development was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known as Rio+20, the conference focused on a new set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) that would begin following the sunset of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 [1]
Like the MDGs, the SDGs will focus on poverty reduction, gender equality, and human and economic development, but in addition the SDGs will emphasize food security and key issues related to the environment, such as climate change, the oceans, and biodiversity [1]
Summary
Over the last decade, increasing evidence links the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) to a significant adverse impact on both human and economic development, especially for the major helminth infections, i.e., hookworm and the intestinal helminth infections, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis [2]. Helminth infections exert major effects on the essential components that comprise human development indices.
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