@article{28272,
  keywords = {Tropical Medicine, Neglected Diseases, National Health Programs, Leishmaniasis, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Humans, HIV Infections, Helminthiasis, Communicable Disease Control, Africa South of the Sahara},
  author = {Noblick J and Skolnik R and Hotez P},
  title = {Linking global HIV/AIDS treatments with national programs for the control and elimination of the neglected tropical diseases.},
  abstract = {<p>Sub-Saharan Africa is home to more than 90% of the world's cases of onchocerciasis and schistosomiasis, about one-half the world's lymphatic filariasis and trachoma, and one-third of all global soil-transmitted helminth infections <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez1">[1]</a>. These infections exhibit extensive geographic overlap and polyparasitism in Africa is extremely common <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez1">[1]</a>–<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez3">[3]</a>. The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) produce a devastating level of chronic disability in sub-Saharan Africa, with some estimates suggesting that the NTD disease burden exceeds tuberculosis and is one-half that of malaria <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez1">[1]</a>. Most of the African population living in poverty is infected with one or more NTDs <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez1">[1]</a>. In children, the NTDs are responsible for anemia and other forms of malnutrition, intestinal obstruction, and impaired physical and cognitive development <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez2">[2]</a>–<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez4">[4]</a>. In adults, NTDs cause anemia, especially in pregnancy, damage to internal organs, and physical disfigurement <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez2">[2]</a>–<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez4">[4]</a>. The NTDs are among the most common infections affecting the health and well-being of girls and women <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez5">[5]</a>. Through their impact on child development, pregnancy outcome, and worker productivity, the NTDs also thwart economic development <a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022#pntd.0001022-Hotez6">[6]</a>.</p>
},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {PLoS neglected tropical diseases},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {e1022},
  issn = {1935-2735},
  url = {http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001022.PDF},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0001022},
  language = {eng},
}