Impact of the Neglected Tropical Diseases on Human Development in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Nations

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d   Herricks, Jennifer R ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ELIMINATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISLAM; LEPROSY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED NATIONS; AFRICA; ASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA; ASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84949255827     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003782     Document Type: Editorial

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