نتایج جستجو برای: neglected

تعداد نتایج: 30326  

2017
Michael L. Scanlon Gillian MacNaughton Courtenay Sprague

The laws, language, and tools of human rights have been instrumental in expanding access to lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV. Children, however, remain a neglected population, as evidenced by inadequate child-specific and child-friendly HIV treatment options. In this article, we explore the right to science, a potentially powerful but underdeveloped right in international law, an...

2013
Linda Petrone Gilda Cuzzi Lidia Colace Giuseppe Maria Ettorre Elisa Busi-Rizzi Vincenzo Schininà Leopoldo Pucillo Claudio Angeletti Stefania Pane Antonino Di Caro Eugenio Bordi Enrico Girardi Edoardo Pozio Angela Corpolongo Antonella Teggi Enrico Brunetti Delia Goletti

BACKGROUND Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a chronic, clinically complex, and neglected disease. Its prevalence in Italy, a country of medium to high endemicity, remains poorly defined, as notification has long ceased to be mandatory. METHODS We set up a retrospective cohort study involving all CE patients followed at our institute between January 2005 and December 2012. Demographical and clini...

Journal: :Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2012
Norma Tiraboschi Foss Ana Carolina Fragoso Motta

Leprosy is an ancient disease that remains endemic and continues to be a major public health problem in some tropical countries, where it has been internationally recognized as being linked to the underdevelopment conditions. The natural course of the disease covers a wide variety of clinical conditions with systemic involvement. In this paper, we review the findings obtained in studies of the ...

Journal: :The Milbank Quarterly 2016

Journal: :PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2007
Burton H. Singer Carol D. Ryff

BACKGROUND Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a so-called neglected tropical disease, currently overshadowed by higher-profile efforts to address malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Despite recent successes in arresting transmission, some 40 million people who already have the disease have been largely neglected. This study aims to increase understanding of how this vulnerable, neglected group can b...

2015
Sergio Sosa-Estani Elsa Leonor Segura

Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America. Chagas disease, as determined by the factors and determinants, shows that different contexts require different actions, preventing new cases or reducing the burden of disease. Control strategies must combine two gener...

Journal: :Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos 2015
Priscila Almeida Andrade Denise Bomtempo Birche de Carvalho

Since 1990, international organizations have been increasingly involved in building an international sub-regime for research, development and innovation in health. This article analyzes the priorities of developing countries in health since the 1990s. It is a descriptive and analytical study that investigates the literature and contributions of key informants. Calling for the end of global ineq...

Journal: :Ciencia & saude coletiva 2015
Moisés Goldbaum

This article describes the academic trajectory of Professor Guilherme Rodrigues da Silva and his contribution in the formation of Collective Health in Brazil. Three key aspects are covered: active participation in medical education, both undergraduate and graduate level; its application in scientific research for the study of neglected diseases and the development of epidemiological methodology...

Journal: :Trends in parasitology 2007
Julie A Frearson Paul G Wyatt Ian H Gilbert Alan H Fairlamb

Drug discovery is a high-risk, expensive and lengthy process taking at least 12 years and costing upwards of US$500 million per drug to reach the clinic. For neglected diseases, the drug discovery process is driven by medical need and guided by pre-defined target product profiles. Assessment and prioritisation of the most promising targets for entry into screening programmes is crucial for maxi...

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