A Study of the U.S. Capacity to Address Tropical Disease Problems
Abstract
The central findings of this report can be stated simply. The next two or three decades offer a historic opportunity to make major progress against the heavy burden of tropical diseases. The diseases themselves are as damaging as ever, and some, such as malaria, are becoming more dangerous are vectors have become resistant to pesticides and parasites to drug therapy. What opens the doors to major progress is a combination of new biological research methods and new economic and social approaches to the applications of health improvements. Properly exploited, these new methods and approaches could result in large-scale reductions in the present enormous social cost of these diseases.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA201475
Entities
People
- Karen L Bell
Organizations
- National Academy of Sciences