FORGOTTEN PEOPLE FORGOTTEN DISEASES The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development This title has been archived.

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Author: Peter Hotez, M.D., PH.D.
Affiliation: National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine & Rice University, Houston, TX
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN 10: 1555818749
ISBN 13: 9781555818746
eISBN: 9781555818753
Edition: 2nd
Description:
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world s poor, but few people know about these diseases and why they are so important. This second edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases provides an overview of the NTDs and how they devastate the poor, essentially trapping them in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty by preventing them from working or attaining their full intellectual and cognitive development.
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