Neglected communities

Abstract

If we want to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), we have to focus on the communities affected. NTDs affect people who are neglected in a variety of ways: through poverty and lack of access to basic water and sanitation, health services, and education … In fact, just about every facet of development.

Keywords

• Planning and management
• Primary health care
• Community participation
• Eye care programmes
• Health systems
• Kenya
• Neglected tropical diseases
• Nigeria
• Onchocerciasis
• Poverty
• Sri Lanka
• The Gambia