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

• Main Authors: Jai P Narain (Author), AP Dash (Author), B Parnell (Author), SK Bhattacharya (Author), S Barua (Author), R Bhatia (Author), L Savioli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...