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Even as the world welcomed the seven billionth member of the global population this week, medical researchers warned that rapid-growth economies such as India’s still had a high proportion of morbidity with more than 290 million Indians suffering from Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
In an article on A Disproportionate Burden of NTDs found in India and South Asia, tropical diseases scientists said that although India and South Asia had made significant economic progress, NTDs continued to perpetuate a cycle of poverty among its most disadvantaged populations.
These NTDs include visceral leishmaniasis, also known as “kala-azar,” lymphatic filariasis, which causes elephantiasis, leprosy, dengue fever, rabies and soil transmitted helminth.
