Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 13; no. 1; p. e0007005
• Main Authors: Hotez, Peter J., Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Fenwick, Alan, Molyneux, David H., Sachs, Jeffrey D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Albendazole; Animals; Arbovirus Infections - epidemiology; Arbovirus Infections - prevention & control; Biology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Communicable Disease Control - methods; Control; Countries; Dengue; Dengue fever; Disease control; Disease transmission; Economic Development; Economic growth; Economics; Fever; Filariasis; Forecasts and trends; Ghana; Ghana - epidemiology; Growth rate; Helminthiasis - epidemiology; Helminthiasis - prevention & control; Human diseases; Humans; Infections; Ivermectin; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neglected Diseases - epidemiology; Neglected Diseases - prevention & control; New technology; Onchocerciasis; Outbreaks; People and Places; Poverty; Public Health; Public policy; Risk factors; Schistosomiasis; Trachoma; Tropical climate; Tropical diseases; Tropical Medicine; Trypanosomiasis; Ulcers; Vector-borne diseases; Viewpoints; Viral diseases; Yellow fever; Ghana; New York; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Texas; China; Africa; India

According to the GBD 2017, schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent human helminth infection (following hookworm infection) in Ghana, affecting almost one million people [9]. [...]among the arbovirus infections, the incidence of dengue in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa is believed to have ri...