NTDs and other tropical infections remain widespread in the extremely fragile nation-state Somalia. Until there are significant improvements in Somalia’s chronic complex emergency status, it is unlikely that this situation will experience substantial changes anytime soon. Learning from the active role the government of post-conflict Rwanda took to achieve remarkable gains in health, there is room for the leadership of Somalia and possibly Somaliland and Puntland to one day rebuild its health systems and infrastructure.
BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27685261?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004670 IS - 9 J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis LA - eng N2 -NTDs and other tropical infections remain widespread in the extremely fragile nation-state Somalia. Until there are significant improvements in Somalia’s chronic complex emergency status, it is unlikely that this situation will experience substantial changes anytime soon. Learning from the active role the government of post-conflict Rwanda took to achieve remarkable gains in health, there is room for the leadership of Somalia and possibly Somaliland and Puntland to one day rebuild its health systems and infrastructure.
PY - 2016 EP - e0004670 T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases TI - Somalia: A nation at the crossroads of extreme poverty, conflict, and neglected tropical diseases. UR - http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004670.PDF VL - 10 SN - 1935-2735 ER -