PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES (Non-AIDS)
All experts:
Overview of Tropical Diseases
Problems and Causes: (All experts will want to familiarize themselves with these diseases.)
1. Marburg virus-
"Angola's Town of Fear and Lonely Death"
"Marburg Virus"
"Marburg Virus- 275 Confirmed Cases"
"Healers Spreading Virus"
World Health Organisation officials examine the home of a suspected Marburg virus victim in the northern Angolan town of Uige, April 19, 2005.
2. Ebola
"Ebola and Other Tropical Viruses"
3. Sleeping Sickness
"Kenya Targets Tsetse Fly"
"Test Hope for Sleeping Sickness"
4. Schistosomiasis
"Warning of Worm Infection Threat"
Distended belly is one of the symptoms of Schistosomiasis
5. Malaria
"WHO to report on Malaria Campaign"
" 'Little Progress' in Malaria War"
Solutions/ Organizations:
"Tropical Diease Drugs Withdrawn""
World Health Organization
Roll Back Malaria
"Kenya Targets Tsetse Fly"
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