The causes and impacts of neglected tropical and zoonotic diseases : opportunities for integrated intervention strategies, workshop summary / Eileen R. Choffnes and David A. Relman, Rapporteurs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Choffnes, Eileen R.

Relman, David A.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Workshop on Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tropical medicine.

Zoonoses--Prevention.

Zoonoses.

Physical Description:

xxv, 578 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways to manage NTDs, policy-makers and funders have only recently begun to recognize the economic and public health importance of controlling NTDs. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats held a workshop September 21-22, 2010, to discuss the science of and policy surrounding NTDs.

Contents:

Workshop overview

Contributed manuscripts

Regional approaches to neglected tropical diseases control in Latin America and the Caribbean / Steven Kenyon Ault and Mirta Roses Periago

Neglected tropical diseases, conflict, and the right to health / Chris Beyrer, Sonal Singh, and Darshan Sudarshi

Parasite Prevalence and the worldwide distribution of cognitive ability / Christopher Eppig, Corey L. Fincher, and Randy Thornhill

The Neglected tropical diseases: current status of control and the U.K. contribution / Alan Fenwick

Integrated implementation of programs targeting neglected tropical diseases through preventive chemotherapy: proving the feasibility at national-scale / Mary Linehan et al.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) slated for elimination and eradication / Donald R. Hopkins

The neglected tropical diseases and the neglected infections of poverty: overview of their common features, global disease burden and distribution, new control tools, and prospects for disease elimination / Peter J. Hotez

Neglected infections of poverty in the United States of America / Peter J. Hotez

Developing vaccines to combat hookworm infection and intestinal schistosomiasis / Peter J. Hotez et al.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation approach and strategy to the neglected tropical diseases 1998-2010 / Julie Jacobson and Regina Rabinovich

Progress in control and elimination of human African trypanosomiasis, 2010 / Jean Jannin, Pere P. Simarro, and José R. Franco

Schistosomiasis: challenges and opportunities / Charles H. King

Neglected zoonotic diseases / Lonnie King

Diagnostic needs for NTD programs / Patrick J. Lammie et al.

Neglected tropical and zoonotic diseases and their impact on women's and children's health / Marian C. McDonald

Global funding of new products for neglected tropical diseases / Mary Moran

The global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: health impact after 8 years / Eric A. Ottesen et al.

The economic benefits resulting from the first 8 years of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (2000-2007) / Brian K. Chu et al.

Neglected tropical diseases: the development of a brand with no copyright. A shift from a disease-centered to a tool-centered strategic approach / Lorenzo Savioli, Antonio Montresor, and Albis F. Gabrielli

Looking beyond the lamp post: addressing social determinants of neglected tropical diseases in devising integrated control strategies / Jerry M. Spiegel

Chagas disease impact and opportunities: beyond the historical dogma / Rick L. Tarleton

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613135049

9780309216173

0309216176

9781283135047

1283135043

9780309186353

0309186358

OCLC:

923283478