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【标准美音 Editorial】05-20-2012
On Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Schistosoma mansoni worms, the cause of schistosomiasis, a microscopic worm that claims claims 200,000 lives per year, seen through a microscope.
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HINTS:
NTDs
schistosomiasis
Elephantiasis
Trachoma
River Blindness
Leprosy
Kala-azar
dengue
black fever
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Leishmaniasis
the soil-transmitted parasites hookworm, roundworm and whipworm
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis
MalariaOver a billion people, one in every six people living on this planet, suffer from one or more Neglected Tropical Diseases, or NTDs. NTDs are a group of tropical infections which are especially common people with little or no access to clean water and sanitation, who live in the poorest regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.  
These usually treatable and preventable diseases include schistosomiasis; Elephantiasis; Trachoma; River Blindness; Leprosy; Kala-azar, dengue, black fever and other forms of Leishmaniasis; and the three most common infections -- the soil-transmitted parasites hookworm, roundworm and whipworm.
Neglected Tropical Diseases have blinded, disabled disfigured and killed their victims for centuries.  Their impact on individuals and communities is devastating.  They impair intellectual development in children, and reduce school enrollment. They limit the ability of infected individuals to work and thrive, thus trapping them in a cycle of poverty and disease.
The diseases are dubbed Neglected because they are found in the poorest, rural areas of the developing world and for centuries were seen as diseases of forgotten people.   They are often found together with HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.