INTC 2P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mass Drug Administration, Chagas Disease, Neglected Tropical Diseases
11 Dec 2016
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Major cause of death in the 20th century. 3 types of disease: global disease, neglected disease, most neglected diseases, pharmaceuticals (cid:374)ot (cid:272)reated for these, it"s a (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) (cid:1004)(cid:1004) (cid:271)illio(cid:374) for the (cid:1005)st two. Poorest of the poor are the most affected. 1 in 3 at risk, 1 in 6 infected. Low and middle income countries (3rd world: human development index (~0. 6, some countries are (~0. 4 - 0. 3) (peru) China, russia, iron curtain (2nd world: communist, emerging economies now. Individuals are often affected with more than one parasite or infection: treatments cost more for most ntd mass drug administration programs is estimated at less than us sh. 50 per person/ year. What are ntds: a group of infectious disease diseases that infect approx. 2: populations living in poverty throughout the developing world, heavily burdened by communicable and non-communicable diseases and highly marginalized by the health sector. Numerous indigenous groups and small ethnic groups.
