Global health: Neglected diseases and access to medicines

Nisha Jain Garg

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2011.05.007

Global health: Neglected diseases and access to medicines

Nisha Jain Garg

Microbiology And Immunology

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Abstract

The World Health Organization has developed a comprehensive plan to deal with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Compared with a decade ago, more resources are being spent to address the problem of neglected diseases, and considerable progress has been made. However, NTDs remain neglected, deepening the global inequities in health. The current efforts do not implement a multiprong strategy and are effective in the short term, but do not generate long-term, sustainable solutions. This article discusses the current successes in providing access to medicine for treatment of a multitude of neglected diseases, and the opportunities to achieve global equality in health.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	639-651
Number of pages	13
Journal	Infectious disease clinics of North America
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2011.05.007
State	Published - Sep 2011

Keywords

Neglected diseases
Public health
Therapeutics
Vaccines

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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