Abstract
Neglected Tropical Diseases and the 2012 US Presidential Election
Highlights
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of 17 poverty-promoting chronic parasitic and related infections, such as hookworm and other intestinal helminthiases, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, and trachoma, represent the most common infections of the world’s poor [1,2]
The United States government is the largest supporter of NTD control and elimination efforts worldwide, especially with respect to administering rapid impact packages of NTD drugs in national control programs in Africa and Asia [3,4]
Democratic President Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) was the first US president to widely acknowledge and promote the control, elimination, or eradication of onchocerciasis, guinea worm, and other NTDs in the years following his term in office [5]
Summary
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of 17 poverty-promoting chronic parasitic and related infections, such as hookworm and other intestinal helminthiases, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, and trachoma, represent the most common infections of the world’s poor [1,2]. The United States government is the largest supporter of NTD control and elimination efforts worldwide, especially with respect to administering rapid impact packages of NTD drugs in national control programs in Africa and Asia [3,4].
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