By: Jacquelin Sauer Image courtesy of Widad Sirkhotte; CC-BY-SA. Noma is a highly infectious, non-contagious bacterial disease that affects 140,000 children each year, yet not
Tag: Neglected Tropical Diseases
This week on “Shedding light on NTDs”, we are taking a look at leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that spreads through the bite
This week’s NTD topic might sound a little more familiar than the other diseases in this series. When we think about rabies in the
The chances are that if you turn on your television or scan your local news sources, you will hear about infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS,
The chances are that if you turn on your television or scan your local news sources, you will hear about infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS,