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:: Neglected Infectious Disease Latest News
Un año atrás, los cuatro hijos de Cleotilde Acosta no dormían ni comían bien. “Antes de desparasitarlos, se despertaban a la medianoche asustados”, recuerda esta madre de Santa María del Carbón, una comunidad de origen indígena Pech en el municipio de San Esteban, Honduras. “Ahora están bien de la barriga, comen bien y los que están en la escuela, están aprendiendo a leer”, dice con una sonrisa agradecida.
Specific Disease Information
| Congenital Syphilis | Leprosy | Onchocerciasis |
| Chagas Disease | Lymphatic Filariasis | Plague |
| Fasciolasis | Malaria | Schistosomiasis |
| Rabies | Neonatal Tetanus | Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis |
| Leishmaniasis | Trachoma |
:: Mandates: NID
- PAHO.Epidemiological Profiles for Neglected Diseases and Other Infections Related to Poverty in Latin America. 2009
- Neglected Tropical Diseases: Preventive Chemotherapy and Transmission Control
- A Call to Action: Addressing Soil-transmitted Helminths in Latin America & the Caribbean
- Control and Elimination of Five Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010 – 2015
- General Information of Neglected Infectious Diseases - October 2011 (In Spanish)
- Preventive Chemotherapy in Human Helminthiasis--Controlled Use of Antihelminthic Drugs: A Manual for Health Professionals and Programme Managers
- Global Plan to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008-2015
:: Regional Program and Initiatives
- Guía para el desarrollo de Planes Integrados de acción para la prevención, control y eliminación de las Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas (In Spanish)
- A Call to Action: Addressing Soil-transmitted Helminths in Latin America & the Caribbean
- Trust Fund: Prevention, Control & Elimination of Neglected and Other Infectious Diseases in LAC
:: Statistics and Maps
- Prevalence and intensity of infection of Soil-transmitted Helminths in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries
- Neglected Infectious Diseases Brochure, 2010
:: Meeting Reports: NID
:: Neglected Infectious Diseases Video List
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Health Surveillance and Diseases Prevention and Control Area |
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)
Control and Elimination of Five Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010 – 2015
A Call to Action: Addressing Soil-transmitted Helminths in Latin America & the Caribbean
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