Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a major disease burden among
disadvantaged populations globally. It results from acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for an integrated response, the
kind that has defined Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) efforts in the past decade. NTD …

INTRODUCTION within countries the burden of NTDs is found among the poorest 40% of
households, as well as those living in rural or peri-urban areas (8). There are differences …

Background Although leprosy is recognised as a disease of poverty, there is little evidence
on the specific socioeconomic factors associated with disease risk. To inform targeted …

More than a billion people—one-sixth of the world's population, mostly in developing
countries—are infected with one or more of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Several …

We are facing interwoven global threats to public health and ecosystem function that reveal
the intrinsic connections between human and wildlife health. These challenges are …

As the threat of arboviral diseases continues to escalate worldwide, the question of,“What
types of human communities are at the greatest risk of infection?” persists as a key gap in …

Background Numerous studies have been carried out on assessing the prevalence of
intestinal parasites infections (IPIs) amongpreschool and school-age children in Ethiopia …

Background Schistosomiasis remains a global health problem with an estimated 250 million
people in 78 countries infected, of whom 85% live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Preventive …

Chagas disease remains an important public health problem with high morbidity and
mortality in several Latin American countries. This nationwide population-based ecological …