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Neglected Infectious Diseases (NID)

Neglected ('forgotten') diseases are a set of infectious diseases, many of them parasitic, that primarily affect the most vulnerable populations: the poorest of the poor, the most marginalized, and those with the least access to health services—especially impoverished people living in remote rural areas and urban shantytowns. Dealing with these poverty-related diseases calls for a more integrated and multi-disease approach, one requiring multisectoral action, piggy-backed initiatives, and cost-effective interventions to reduce their negative impact on the health and social and economic well-being of all peoples in the Americas. Fact Sheet - click here to learn more about NID

Last Updated on Monday, 19 November 2012 17:20

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Honduras expands deworming of children in remote communities during vaccination campaigns

Honduras expands deworming of children in remote communities during vaccination campaigns A year ago, Cleotilde Acosta's four children were having problems sleeping and eating. “Before they received the deparasitation treatment, they would wake up frightened in the middle of the night,” recalls this mother in Santa María del Carbón, an indigenous Pech community in the municipality of San Esteban, department of Olancho, Honduras. “Now their stomachs are better, they have healthy appetites, and the ones in school are learning to read,” she adds with a grateful smile.

Intensifying Integrated Efforts for Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases in the Region of the Americas - Bogotá, Colombia 16 and 17 May 2013

Workshop for Training on Regional Guidance for Implementation of Integrated Deworming Actions - Bogota, Colombia 13-15 May 2013

La República Dominicana realizó Jornada Nacional de Desparasitación integrada a la Semana de Vacunación de las Américas del 2013

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Specific Disease Information

Congenital Syphilis	Leprosy	Onchocerciasis
Chagas Disease	Lymphatic Filariasis	Plague
Fasciolasis	Malaria	Schistosomiasis
Rabies	Neonatal Tetanus	Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis
Leishmaniasis		Trachoma

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Health Surveillance and Diseases Prevention and Control Area
Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Project
Neglected Infectious Diseases Program
www.paho.org/neglecteddiseases

First WHO Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases

16th Meeting of the WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020

Conclusions and Recommendations - GET2020 (In Spanish)