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Neglected Tropical Diseases: How You Can Help
the chat. And read on to learn more - including what you can do to help. What are neglected tropical diseases? Hookworm, trachoma , elephantiasis, roundworm, whip worm, snail fever and river blindness are the seven parasitic and bacterial infections collectively
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Tropical Diseases Infect 1 in 6 People Worldwide
world are infected with this parasite, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Along with hookworm, trachoma , elephantiasis, whip worm, snail fever and river blindness, roundworm is considered one of the seven parasitic and bacterial
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Breaking the Spell: Can the Turkana Be Freed from Hunger?
cowpeas, some in tattered clothes, others stark naked. Hygiene and water go hand in hand. Several children are diagnosed with trachoma , an eye infection which, if untreated, leads to blindness. “It mostly occurs due to poor hygiene. That’s why AMREF
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'This Is a Soul: This Mission of Rick Hodes' by Marilyn Bergerthe only piece of medical equipment he has (if you don't count the Toyota key he uses to roll back eyelids and check for trachoma ), and listened to Danny's lungs. He then tells the boy he's been having chest pains and puts the stethoscope
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One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs
girls aged 14 to 19. Using samples provided by the teens, the researchers looked for Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Chlamydia trachomatis , Trichomonas vaginalis , herpes simplex virus type 2 and human papillomavirus (HPV). The study authors found
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Chlamydia Infection May Play Role in Type of Arthritis
disease-related arthritis and reactive arthritis (ReA), according to background information in the release. Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia pneumoniae frequently cause ReA. The new study, published in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism
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Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia
published in the April 17 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . According to the CDC, Chlamydia trachomatis infection remains the most common bacterial infection transmitted via sexual contact in the United States
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Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary
with moderate levels of the eye disease trachoma , one or two rounds of high coverage School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Trachoma Group said its findings challenge the re-evaluation of how communities affected with trachoma are treated. The five-year study was
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Biannual Antibiotics May Cut Major Cause of Blindness in Africa
transmitted disease chlamydia causes the contagious eye disease trachoma , the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Although World Health Organization has launched a program to control trachoma , relying in large part on annual repeated mass azithromycin
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Chlamydia Screening Programs Don't Work: Expert
effective, in terms of both cost and in reducing the incidence of chlamydia infection." Infection with the Chlamydia trachomatis pathogen is the most common preventable cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in young women. PID
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Cleaning Up the World's Sanitation
bacteria, viruses and parasites, which cause diarrheal disease, parasitic infections, worm infestations, and the eye disease trachoma . Diarrheal disease (including dysentery and cholera) is a leading cause of death (1.8 million a year) and illness
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Carter's Life After the White House
other issues. Read an excerpt of the book below. Trachoma Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the but 7 million people have been stricken blind by trachoma . An additional 500 million, usually the poorest
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Iraqi Official: "Third Iraqi Army" Responsible for "Dirty Jobs"
News ) PREVENTABLE DISEASE Preventable Disease Blinds Poor in Third World An estimated 70 million people are infected with trachoma , and two million are blind because of it. ( NY Times ) NEW ORLEANS REBUILDING Levee Repair Costs Triple New Orleans May Lack
