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A leprosy patient sits outside the abandoned Curupaiti Colony Hospital in Rio de Janeiro on November 21, 2021.
Neglected Diseases

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Integrate to Eliminate

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Luis Pizarro at Kimpese hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where DNDi undertook several studies to develop drugs for sleeping sickness and river blindness. June 2022. Kenny Mbala/DNDi
Neglected Diseases

Carrying the Torch in the Fight Against Neglected Diseases

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Karupayee with M. Raja and A. Vincent of the Mahelerecen Leprosy center in Madurai, India. March, 2022. Kamala Thiagarajan
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How COVID-19 Set Back India’s Battle with Leprosy

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Custom-made microcellular rubber sandals are manufactured and given free of charge to patients at The Leprosy Mission Trust Hospital in Dayapuram, Manamadurai, for relief from foot ulcers and the management of leprosy-related disabilities. Kamala Thiagarajan
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Why Leprosy Persists in India

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A young girl is at MSF’s cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment center with her uncle at Naseerullah Khan Babar memorial hospital, Peshawar. Nov. 1, 2020 Image by Nasir Ghafoor/Courtesy of MSF
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Covid-19 Hinders Pakistan's Progress on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

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Manual garbage dumping is common in Bangladesh despite the dangers to human health. Many children have no other choice but to search landfills for food. Halishahar, Chattogram, Aug. 27, 2019. Image: Shahriar Farzana.
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Pictures of Public Health in Bangladesh

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Sudents line up at a primary school in Brickaville, Madagascar to receive treatment for intestinal worms, November 2020. Image: The END Fund / Viviane Rakotoarivony
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Winning the Global War against Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Fantanesh Gedefe, in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, washes her face from water stored in the “leaky tin.” Facial cleanliness is an integral component of the SAFE strategy for trachoma elimination. Brent Stirton/Getty Images Courtesy of the International Trachoma Initiative.
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Dramatic Reduction in Blindness is Good News—Let’s Finish the Job

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Indian residents wear face mask outside the Medical College hospital in Kerala, India on May 21, 2018, during a Nipah virus outbreak. Image: AFP via Getty
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Lessons on Tackling Online Misinformation During Outbreaks

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A maternity matron holds 2 baby girls, the first children conceived through IVF in Kenya, May 2006.  Image: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty
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Infertility as a Neglected Disease

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Active screening for sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: FIND/Ndung’u 2018
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Lesson in Elimination?

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Meeting surrounding the kickoff for the HelmVit study on schistosomiasis during pregnancy and its effects on the infants immune system (Prof. da Costa is second from left). Image by Eva Arnold
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A Neglected Disease, A Lab Researcher, And Real Life

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