Powerful stories of the debilitating effects of neglected tropical diseases throughout the world, highlighting the successes and challenges of those fighting to eliminate them.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment, and stunted growth. Yet NTDs are treatable and preventable, and the annual cost of treatment is incredibly low.
In Under the Big Tree, public health leader Ellen Agler and award-winning writer Mojie Crigler tell the moving stories of those struggling with these diseases and the life-saving work that can be--and has been--done to combat NTDs. They introduce readers to people from all walks of life--from car washers in Lake Victoria and surgeons on motorbikes to under-resourced local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and Big Pharma scientists--as they chronicle what has been called the largest public health program in the world.
On the one hand, the solutions are simple: deliver medication to people who need it and leverage local systems to offer prevention, treatment, and education. On the other hand, solutions are complex: navigating local and national politics, delivering treatment to some of the most remote, vulnerable communities, and coordinating global and local donors, international NGOs, thousands of health workers, and millions of citizens.
Drawing on interviews with major players in the NTD world who share their cutting-edge research and frontline experiences, Under the Big Tree is a moving introduction to the science, the tactics, and the partnerships working to address these terrible diseases that affect the most vulnerable people in the world. With a foreword by Bill Gates, this book fascinates, inspires, and gives readers concrete steps for further engagement.
Автор: Kristensson Krister Название: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous Sy ISBN: 146148099X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461480990 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 30611 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines diseases and conditions that occur primarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countries. It provides information on how these diseases affect the human nervous systems.
Автор: Alex Loukas Название: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Oceania ISBN: 3319431463 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319431468 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 24489 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in Oceania. This book will discuss in detail pathology, diagnostics and control approaches of selected NTDs in the geographic region. A large part of Oceania’s population lives in poverty and therefore is at high risk for certain parasitic diseases, such as hookworm infection, lymphatic filariasis, strongyloidiasis or scabies. In addition viral infections such as dengue and new emerging viruses are of importance as major health risks for people living and traveling in this area. Each chapter focuses on one specific disease or series of related diseases, and provides in-depth insights into the topic.
Автор: Carlos Franco-Paredes; Jos? Ignacio Santos-Preciad Название: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean ISBN: 3709114217 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783709114216 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22958 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book addresses the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – based on their prevalence and the years of healthy life lost to disability – in Latin American and Caribbean countries. These include Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, hookworm infection, and other soil-transmitted helminth infections, followed by dengue, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, cysticercosis, bartonellosis, Plasmodium vivax malaria, and onchocerciasis. Topics like disease burden, major manifestations and approaches to the control and elimination of NTDs in Latin America and the Caribbean are discussed in detail. As such, the book will be of general interest to basic researchers and clinicians engaged in infectious disease, tropical medicine, and parasitology, and a must-have for scientists specialized in the characteristics of this region of the world.
Автор: Shri Mohan Jain; S. Dutta Gupta Название: Biotechnology of Neglected and Underutilized Crops ISBN: 9401784922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401784924 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 31469 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Almost 95% of the world food requirement is met by 30 plant species and there is a great need to expand plant genetic diversity. This book examines research achievements in neglected and underutilized crop biotechnology to help broaden crop diversity.
Автор: Mary Ann McDowell; Sima Rafati Название: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Middle East and North Africa ISBN: 3709119839 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783709119839 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20025 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume covers the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) found in over 20 Middle East and North Africa countries. Includes an extensive discussion on disease burden, clinical manifestation and control approaches for individual diseases.
Автор: Singh Название: Neglected Tropical Diseases - South Asia ISBN: 3319684922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319684925 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 26020 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book covers all aspects of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the region of South Asia. NTDs constitute a significant part of the total disease burden in this geographic area, including soil borne helminth infections, vector borne viral infections, protozoan infections and a few bacterial infections. The current volume covers the most common neglected viral, bacterial and protozoan infections. On top of that, the last part of the volume is dedicated to the management of neglected tropical diseases.
Автор: Birut? M.F. Galdikas; R.D. Nadler; N. Rosen; Lori Название: The Neglected Ape ISBN: 148991093X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781489910936 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 25747 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Although the orangutan has been placed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), more orangutans were sold illegally in Taiwan between 1990 and 1993 than are housed in all the world`s zoos.
Автор: CLAASSEN Название: NEGLECTED FACTORS IN PHARMACOLOGY *PAPERBACK* TBNS 12 ISBN: 044481907X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780444819079 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 8870 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This text indicates those variables which in general may need a better control. Examples illustrate the impact that those variables may have on various characteristics. A series of representative studies are presented so that insight can be obtained about the effects of these parameters.
Автор: Stanton Catherine Название: Cambridge Bioethics and Law ISBN: 1107464579 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107464575 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5318 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume considers historical comparisons and the current laws in jurisdictions such as Canada, the United Kingdom and Norway in order to explore the question of if and when it is appropriate to criminalise the transmission of contagion.
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