The neglected diseases are a diverse group of communicable diseases that affect principally the world's poorest people. They are linked to poverty, as both a cause and a consequence of same, and affect community security and family productivity. The neglected diseases cause acute and chronic illness, disability, and sometimes death, and they may carry stigma for those infected. Current interventions for neglected diseases emphasize the health sector, but to achieve sustainability and simultaneously combat poverty, an intersectoral approach to their prevention and control is needed. This chapter outlines some concepts for an intersectoral approach, including interventions from the nutrition and food security, education, and environmental sectors.
BT - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18579876?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1196/annals.1425.033 J2 - Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. LA - eng N2 -The neglected diseases are a diverse group of communicable diseases that affect principally the world's poorest people. They are linked to poverty, as both a cause and a consequence of same, and affect community security and family productivity. The neglected diseases cause acute and chronic illness, disability, and sometimes death, and they may carry stigma for those infected. Current interventions for neglected diseases emphasize the health sector, but to achieve sustainability and simultaneously combat poverty, an intersectoral approach to their prevention and control is needed. This chapter outlines some concepts for an intersectoral approach, including interventions from the nutrition and food security, education, and environmental sectors.
PY - 2008 SP - 64 EP - 9 T2 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences TI - Intersectoral approaches to neglected diseases. UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1196/annals.1425.033/epdf VL - 1136 SN - 0077-8923 ER -