Elimination of neglected tropical diseases in the South-East Asia region of the World Health Organization

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which affect the very poor, pose a major public health problem in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). Although more than a dozen NTDs affect the region, over the past five years four of them in particular - leprosy, lymphatic fil...

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Main Authors: Jai P Narain, AP Dash, B Parnell, SK Bhattacharya, S Barua, R Bhatia, L Savioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000300014&lng=en&tlng=en