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Tropical Disease
Study finds multiple neglected tropical diseases effectively treated with drugs
November 5th, 2007
The neglected tropical diseases are a group of 13 infectious diseases, including elephantiasis, hookworm, African sleeping sickness and trachoma, which affect more than 1 billion people worldwide, most of whom live in extreme poverty. In a study published in the most recent Journal of the American Medical Association, Madhuri Reddy, M.D., M.Sc., a geriatrician at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, says that treating two or more of them simultaneously for only pennies per dose can facilitate treatment of these diseases. "At least two of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases can be potentially treated simultaneously with existing oral drug treatments," writes Dr....
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-11-05)
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