The list of tropical diseases is a long one and includes Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, dengue, chikungunya and dracunculiasis. They tend to thrive among vulnerable people who live in poverty and ...

and dracunculiasis. Just last week, the WHO launched an appeal for $1.5 billion in emergency funding to help it respond to humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, the occupied Palestinian territories ...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) include a group of diseases—for example, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, dracunculiasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, trachoma, rabies, dengue, and ...