Neglected tropical diseases

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  … are a group of preventable and treatable parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases that affect more than one billion people globally. ; Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause devastating health and economic problems for the world’s poorest people, maintaining a cycle of poverty and disease. ; NTDs cause disability that hinders school attendance, care of families, and earning wages. They disrupt productivity and already unstable economies. ; To learn more about CDC’s work to prevent, control, and eliminate parasitic diseases, visit www.cdc.gov/parasites ; CS322114-C PO ; Publication date from document properties. ; ntd_factsheet_2021.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Global Health
  • Neglected Diseases
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Public Health
  • Tropical Climate
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/101400/cdc_101400_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:082128ed14926a3ea84ba1a963648d1a70c872b86f52bbae634928bf8c84a9dd