Neglected Diseases Amid Wealth In The United States And Europe
Open Access
- 1 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 28 (6) , 1720-1725
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.1720
Abstract
Neglected tropical diseases are not exclusive to low-income countries. In the United States, such infections account for a sizable but largely hidden disease burden among minority populations living in poverty and among people of African descent in particular. Similar infections also occur in Europe. As efforts to control neglected tropical diseases expand throughout Africa, parallel efforts should also target poor and forgotten people in wealthy nations.Keywords
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