View source for Neglected tropical diseases

==Background==
*Group of diseases that disproportionately affects the poorest populations in the world
**Worldwide they affect about 1 in 6 people
**Cause significant disability and developmental delays → as such, they often perpetuate the cycle of poverty
*Estimated to be the cause of about half a million deaths per year
*Also cause the loss of more than 57million DALY's yearly

==List of Diseases==
''List varies by source - this list aims to be comprehensive of all lists referenced''<br>
'''Bolded entries are the diseases on the WHO list'''
*[[Amebiasis]]
*[[Balantidiasis]]
*[[Bartonella]]
*[[Buruli ulcer]]
*[[Chagas Disease]]
*[[Cholera]]
*[[Dengue Fever]]
*[[Drancunculosis]] (Guinea Worm disease)
*[[Echinococcosis]]
*[[Fascioliasis]]
*[[Food borne Trematodes (flatworms)]]
*[[Giardia]]
*[[Human African Trypansomiasis (Sleeping sickness)]]
*[[Loa Loa]]
*[[Leishmaniasis]]
*[[Leprosy]]
*[[Leptospirosis]]
*[[Lymphatic filariasis]]
*[[Onchocerciasis (river blindness)]]
*[[Rabies]]
*[[Rift Valley Fever]]
*[[Schistosomiasis]]
*[[Soil transmitted helminths]]
**[[Ascariasis]]
**[[Hookworm]]
**[[Trichuriasis]]
**[[Strongylodes]]
*[[Taenia]]/[[Cysticercosis]]
*[[Trachoma]]
*[[Yaws]]
*[[Yellow fever]]

==External Links==
*[[Wikipedia:Neglected Tropical Disease Research and Development]]
*[[Wikipedia:Neglected diseases]]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/ CDC: Neglected Tropical Diseases]
*[http://www.neglecteddiseases.gov/ USAIDS: NTD Program]
*[http://www.globalnetwork.org/ Global Network: Neglected Tropical Diseases]

==References==
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