A student-led campaign to help tackle neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1145-1147

  Kishore, Sandeep P ^a   Dhadialla, Prabhjot S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; POVERTY; SHORT SURVEY; TROPICAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARD; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 34547567770     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040241     Document Type: Short Survey

References (5)

1. Molyneux DH, Hotez PJ, Fenwick A (2005) "Rapid-impact interventions": How a policy of integrated control for Africa's neglected tropical diseases could benefi t the poor. PLoS Med 2: e336. doi:10.1371/journal. pmed.0020336
2. Sachs J, Hotez PJ (2006). Fighting tropical diseases. Science 311: 1521.
3. Chokshi DA (2006) Improving access to medicines in poor countries: The role of universities. PLoS Med 3: e136. doi:10.1371/ journal.pmed.0030136
4. Pecoul B, Chirac P, Trouiller P, Pinel J (1999) Access to essential drugs in poor countries: A lost battle? JAMA 281: 361-367.
5. Varmus H (2002) Building a global culture of science. Lancet 360 (Suppl): s1-s4.