The Connection between Climate Change, Surgical Care and Neglected Tropical Diseases

The surgical burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is set to rise alongside average temperatures and drought. NTDs with surgical indications, including trachoma and lymphatic filariasis, predominantly affect people in low- and middle-income countries where the gravest effects of climate chang...

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Autores principales: Shirley, Hugh, Grifferty, Grace, Yates, Elizabeth F., Raykar, Nakul, Wamai, Richard, McClain, Craig D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9374016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36043041
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3766
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author Shirley, Hugh
Grifferty, Grace
Yates, Elizabeth F.
Raykar, Nakul
Wamai, Richard
McClain, Craig D.
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description The surgical burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is set to rise alongside average temperatures and drought. NTDs with surgical indications, including trachoma and lymphatic filariasis, predominantly affect people in low- and middle-income countries where the gravest effects of climate change are likely to be felt. Vectors sensitive to temperature and rainfall will likely expand their reach to previously nonendemic regions, while drought may exacerbate NTD burden in already resource-strained settings. Current NTD mitigation strategies, including mass drug administrations, were interrupted by COVID-19, demonstrating the vulnerability of NTD progress to global events. Without NTD programming that meshes with surgical systems strengthening, climate change may outpace current strategies to reduce the burden of these diseases.
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spelling pubmed-93740162022-08-29 The Connection between Climate Change, Surgical Care and Neglected Tropical Diseases Shirley, Hugh Grifferty, Grace Yates, Elizabeth F. Raykar, Nakul Wamai, Richard McClain, Craig D. Ann Glob Health Viewpoint The surgical burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is set to rise alongside average temperatures and drought. NTDs with surgical indications, including trachoma and lymphatic filariasis, predominantly affect people in low- and middle-income countries where the gravest effects of climate change are likely to be felt. Vectors sensitive to temperature and rainfall will likely expand their reach to previously nonendemic regions, while drought may exacerbate NTD burden in already resource-strained settings. Current NTD mitigation strategies, including mass drug administrations, were interrupted by COVID-19, demonstrating the vulnerability of NTD progress to global events. Without NTD programming that meshes with surgical systems strengthening, climate change may outpace current strategies to reduce the burden of these diseases. Ubiquity Press 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9374016/ /pubmed/36043041 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3766 Text en Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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