World NTD Day: Dengue Fever tops Thailand’s agenda

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Dengue fever has become the focus for Thailand as the country joins the world in celebrating World Neglected Tropical Disease Day that falls on January 30.

 

Neglected tropical diseases (NTD) are mainly discovered in the world’s poor regions. They are almost absent from the global health agenda and receive little R&D funding because they have little effect on people in developed countries where most pharmaceutical products are developed. People in many tropical countries have been living with these diseases for a long time and no longer find them as threatening as before, even though they can and so cause fatalities.

 

In Thailand, dengue fever is identified as one of the top three NTDs alongside malaria and tuberculosis. Prof. Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, President of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand, explained that among the top three NTDs in Thailand, dengue fever is the most dangerous as there are no drugs to treat it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/world-ntd-day-dengue-fever-tops-thailands-agenda/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-01-31

 

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