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Prevalence of Common Diseases in Indigenous People in Colombia

Bauer, H.; Mendoza, G.; Kreienbrock, L. et al. National Library of Medicine (2022) CC

The Indigenous tribe called the Wiwa lives retracted in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Little is known about their health status and whether the health care system in place covers their needs.

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Advances in preclinical approaches to Chagas disease drug discovery

Villalta, F.; Rachakonda, G. (2019) CC

Chagas disease affects 8-10 million people worldwide, mainly in Latin America. The current therapy for Chagas disease is limited to nifurtimox and benznidazole, which are effective in treating only the acute phase of the disease but with severe side effects. Therefore, there is an unmet need for new... more

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The achievement of a storytelling about Chagas disease: how to talk about silence; how to visualise the invisible

Mas, F. National Library of Medicine (2022) CC

Two adjectives raise an issue for communicators working on Chagas disease (CD): “invisible and silent”. Two adjectives that can be ascribed to other neglected tropical diseases (NTD), but which are part of the essence of CD. Bringing CD out of its situation of neglect and oblivion is a mission e... more

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Foodborne trematodiases

Uniting to Combat (2023) CC

Foodborne trematodiases are caused by parasitic trematode worms. People become infected by eating raw or undercooked fish, crustaceans and vegetables that contain the larval worms.

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Leptospirosis in sugarcane plantation and fishing communities in Kagera northwestern Tanzania

Mgode, G.; Japhary, M.; Mhamphi, G. et al. PLoS Neglected Tropical diseases (2019) CC

Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease of worldwide importance, though relatively neglected in many African countries including sub Saharan Africa that is among areas with high burden of this disease. The disease is often mistaken for other febrile illnesses such as dengue, malaria, rickettsi... more

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National Guidline on Management of Leptospirosis

Epidemiology Unit Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Sri Lanka (2016) CC

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic illness with a global disease burden impacting both developed and developing nations. It is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. The pathogenic L.interrogans has more than 250 serovars arranged in 25 serogroups. In Sri Lanka, suspected leptospirosi... more

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The global burden of chromoblastomycosis

Santos, D.; Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo, C.; Aparecida Vincent, V. et al. (2021) CC

Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), represents one of the primary implantation mycoses caused by melanized fungi widely found in nature. It is characterized as a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) and mainly affects populations living in poverty with significant morbidity, including stigma and discrimination.

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Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019

Nature Communications (2022) CC

Snakebite envenoming affects millions of people worldwide annually and is a significant source of mortality. Preventing and treating the problem is complex and requires collaboration among the fields of public health, medicine, ecology, and laboratory science. After being removed from the category A... more

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Overview of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis access, procurement and distribution in selected countries in Asia and Africa, 2017–2018

Sreenivasan, N.; Li, A.; Shiferaw, M. et al. Science Direct (2019) CC

Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease with a global burden of approximately 59,000 human deaths a year. Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is almost invariably fatal; however, with timely and appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consisting of wound washing, vaccine, and in some cases rabi... more

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Rabies MSF medical guidlines

MSF medical guidelines (2018) CC

Rabies is a viral infection of wild and domestic mammals, transmitted to humans by the saliva of infected animals through bites, scratches or licks on broken skin or mucous membranes. In endemic areas (Africa and Asia), 99% of cases are due to dog bites and 40% of cases are children under 15 years... more

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Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List of Common Medical Conditions

Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland Ministry of Health (2012) C2

The product of all this work is the Standard Treatment Guideline and Essential Medicines List of Common Medical Conditions in the Kingdom of Swaziland. These systematically developed statements are designed to assist practitioners in making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific clinical... more

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Leishmaniasis in Eurasia and Africa: geographical distribution of vector species and pathogens

Cunze, S.; Kochmann, J.; Koch, L. et al. Royal Society open Science (2019) CC

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with a broad global distribution and an increasing number of recorded cases worldwide. However, it is still one of the world's most neglected diseases. Over the last decades, the disease has been found to expand geographically with a global increase of cases o... more

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Accelerating Change: UNFPA Response to Eliminate Cross-Border Female Genital Mutilation in East and Southern Africa

UNFPA ESARO UNFPA; UNICEF (2022) CC

This report provides insight into the work that UNFPA has been doing to tackle FGM across borders in these border areas, where country offices are implementing a wide range of initiatives to address the issue. The information provided in this report is structured into four pillars, namely those list... more

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Leishmaniasis Key Facts

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with a wide variety of parasite species, reservoirs, and vectors involved in transmission. It is caused by different species of the protozoa Leishmania and is transmitted to animals and humans through a bite of insects in the Psychodidae family. Its presence i... more

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Learning Modules. COVID-19 Vaccines in Pregnancy and Safe Breastfeeding

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO

This is an e-learning module with the objective of providing education for health professionals and pregnant women using published results and studies based on COVID-19 surveillance data, which have indicated an increased risk among pregnant women of presenting with severe forms of COVID-19 and, the... more

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Accelerating towards human African trypanosomiasis elimination: Issues and opportunities

Ozioko ,KU.; Okoye, CI.; Obiezue, RN.; Idika, IK.; Awudu, RA.; Ezewudo, BI.; Ezea, CO. (2019) CC

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been an alarming global public health issue. The disease affects mainly poor and marginalized people in low-resource settings and is caused by two subspecies of haemoflagellate parasite, Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by tsetse flies. Progress made in HAT ... more

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Patient Safety Checklist

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare CRG Medical Foundation for Patient Safe (2004) CC

Patient Safety Checklist This checklist will help you write down information your doctor and nurse may need.

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Fexinidazole for Human African Trypanosomiasis, the Fruit of a Successful Public-Private Partnership.

Bernhard, S.; Kaiser, M.; Burri, C.; Mäser, P. Diseases (2022) CC

After 100 years of chemotherapy with impractical and toxic drugs, an oral cure for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is available: Fexinidazole. In this case, we review the history of drug discovery for HAT with special emphasis on the discovery, pre-clinical development, and operational challenge... more

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Trachoma The end in sight

International Coalition for Trachoma Control ICTC (2020) CC

Trachoma is an eye infection that for thousands of years caused many people to go blind across all continents. As the result of development and targeted interventions, trachoma is now limited to an estimated 57 countries, often affecting the poorest populations of the world. Today, more than 2 mill... more

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Trachoma Fact Sheet CBM

Christoffel Blindenmission CBM (2016) CC

Trachoma is one of the 17 WHO-defined Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that affect over 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most marginalized people. It is caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis.