Due to the high rate of childhood poverty in the southern United States and the subtropical climate, neglected tropical diseases are commonly identified in children. Chagas disease, cysticercosis, ...

The Section of Tropical Medicine is largely dedicated to basic, translational and applied research towards the development of new drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines in the treatment of neglected ...

Today, diseases like malaria are resurgent throughout tropical Africa – malaria is still the number one killer of African children under 5-years-old. Brought to a children's hospital in Zambia ...

Malaria, dysentery, yellow fever head the list of tropical diseases to be fought in World War II by the U.S. Medical Corps. Of the three, malaria, against which there is no true prophylactic ...

One sixth of the world's population suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases and children are often the most affected. Most can be prevented or eliminated but the scale of the problem is ...

Other tropical diseases such as dengue and chikungunya ... in countries across the world and has placed importance on children missing out on key vaccinations. The WHO expanded its partnership ...

Fund is today announcing a significant milestone: the first administration of arpraziquantel to preschool-aged children in Uganda, in an implementation science setting. This new pediatric treatment ...