During the last two decades, particularly with acceleration of globalization, there has been a proliferation new actors in field global health. This resulted shift from international health governance (IHG) model, which recognizes nation state as core actor, to (GHG) incorporates civil society organizations and businesses. article will explore this IHG GHG multiple angles. It first shed light o...

Foodborne trematodiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by zoonotic trematodes that persist mainly in impoverished areas the Asia-Pacific region. Globally, about 2 million disability life years (DALYs) are lost due to these parasitic infections. Four groups of foodborne known cause significant illness: fish-borne liver fluke infections Opisthorchis and Clonorchis spp.; water vegeta...

BACKGROUND Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) afflict around one billion individuals in the poorest parts of the world with many more at risk. Lymphatic filariasis is one of the most prevalent of the infections and causes significant morbidity in those who suffer the clinical conditions, particularly lymphedema and hydrocele. Depressive illness has been recognised as a prevalent disability in t...

Successes achieved in the fight to eliminate guinea worm infections and advances in diagnostics and donation of safe and reliable medicines have led to optimism that some of the parasitic diseases grouped as the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) could be eliminated. These NTDs particularly those amenable to preventive chemotherapy (PC-NTDs) have been targeted for either elimination as a public ...

The global threat of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) constitutes a public health issue in underdeveloped countries. Zoonotic helminthiases are the most common human NTD agents developing countries sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Americas, causing burden disease that exceeds more recognized infectious such as malaria tuberculosis. Wild canids well-known mammals act natural reservoirs zoonotic-r...

Skin lesion is common in person living with HIV. We reported a 42 years old HIV positive man with single erythema skin lesion on the right foot. Clinical examination, anamnesis and laboratory examination revealed that it was cutaneous larva migrant due to parasitic infection. The cutaneous larva migrant due to hookworms is one of neglected tropical disease that might occur in adult with immunoc...

BACKGROUND Mali is endemic for all five targeted major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). As one of the five 'fast-track' countries supported with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funds, Mali started to integrate the activities of existing disease-specific national control programs on these diseases in 2007. The ultimate objectives are to eliminate lymphatic filar...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have gained much attention in recent years due to the support from various agencies. However, the main approach to combat NTDs has been to cure rather than to prevent. As many NTD infections are closely linked with human behaviors such as hygienic practices and tradition, behavior change is also very crucial to prevent relapse or reinfection. Therefore, we wou...