Hotez Peter J. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development

3rd edition. — ASM Press, 2022. — 766 p. — ISBN 9781683673897.The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are among the most common infections of the world’s poorest people and have profound ramifications on affected populations, including physical, mental, social, and economic. This third edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases coincides with the third decade of the NTDs movement, which has given access to essential NTD preventative treatments and medications to more than 1 billion people. Professor Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, one of the founders of the NTD movement, discusses how the NTD space evolved and control was implemented against these ancient scourges, through alliances between nongovernmental development organizations and private-public partnerships. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases remains an essential resource for anyone seeking insight into global advocacy coordination and mobilization of resources to combat NTDs and continues to tell the story of the world’s people who live in extreme poverty and what it means for them to live with these devastating diseases.Introduction to the Neglected Tropical Diseases: the Ancient Afflictions of Stigma and Poverty
“The Unholy Trinity”: the Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, and Hookworm Infection
Schistosomiasis (Snail Fever) and the Food-borne Trematodiases
Elephantiasis: Lymphatic Filariasis, Endemic Nonfilarial Elephantiasis (Podoconiosis), and Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm)
The Blinding Neglected Tropical Diseases: Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) and Trachoma
The Mycobacterial Infections: Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy
The Kinetoplastid Infections: Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness), American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease), and the Leishmaniases
The Urban Neglected Tropical Diseases: Leptospirosis, Dengue and Zika, and Rabies
The Neglected Tropical Diseases of North America
Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, and a New WHO Roadmap (2021–2030)
Future Trends in Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Antipoverty Vaccines
The Newest NTDs and a Plea to “Repair the World”