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Prevention, control, and elimination of neglected diseases in the Americas: Pathways to integrated, inter-programmatic, inter-sectoral action for health and development

BACKGROUND: In the Latin America and Caribbean region over 210 million people live below the poverty line. These impoverished and marginalized populations are heavily burdened with neglected communicable diseases. These diseases continue to enact a toll, not only on families and communities, but on...

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Main Authors:	Holveck, John C, Ehrenberg, John P, Ault, Steven K, Rojas, Rocio, Vasquez, Javier, Cerqueira, Maria Teresa, Ippolito-Shepherd, Josefa, Genovese, Miguel A, Periago, Mirta Roses
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	BioMed Central 2007
Subjects:	Debate
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17229324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-6

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