Commentary: improving the health of neglected populations in Latin America |
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Authors: | Carlos Franco-Paredes Danielle Jones Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales José Ignacio Santos-Preciado |
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Affiliation: | 1.Hospital Infantil de México,Federico Gómez,México,Mexico;2.Department of Medicine,Emory University School of Medicine,Atlanta,USA;3.Instituto Experimental José Witremundo Torrealba (Centro Trujillano de Investigaciones Parasitológicas José Witremundo Torrealba),Universidad de Los Andes,Trujillo,Venezuela |
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Abstract: | Neglected diseases encompass a group of pathologies that disproportionally affect resource-constrained areas of the world. In tropical and subtropical areas in Latin America, the vicious cycle of poverty, disease and underdevelopment is widespread. The burden of disease associated to neglected diseases in this region is mainly expressed through diseases such as malaria, dengue, intestinal parasitic infections, Chagas' disease, and many others. These maladies have burdened Latin America throughout centuries and have directly influenced their ability to develop and become competitive societies in the current climate of globalization. Therefore, the need for a new paradigm that integrates various public health policies, programs, and a strategy with the collaboration of all responsible sectors is long overdue. In this regard, innovative approaches are required to ensure the availability of low-cost, simple, sustainable, and locally acceptable strategies to improve the health of neglected populations to prevent, control, and potentially eliminate neglected diseases. Improving the health of these forgotten populations will place them in an environment more conducive to development and will likely contribute significantly to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in this area of the globe. |
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