Did you know... One in every six people on this globe suffers from a disease of poverty? One in every six people on this globe suffers from a disease of poverty? Ten million people die each year from diseases that have available cures? Ten million people die each year from diseases that have available cures? In the time it takes to read this slide, 5 people have died from preventable causes? In the time it takes to read this slide, 5 people have died from preventable causes?

Neglected Tropical Diseases Buruli Ulcer Buruli Ulcer American Trypanosomiasis- Chagas Disease American Trypanosomiasis- Chagas Disease Breakbone Fever- Dengue haemorrhagic fever Breakbone Fever- Dengue haemorrhagic fever Guinea Worm Disease- Dracunculiasis Guinea Worm Disease- Dracunculiasis Fascioliasis Fascioliasis African Sleeping Sickness- Human African trypanosomiasis African Sleeping Sickness- Human African trypanosomiasis Black Fever- Leishmaniasis Black Fever- Leishmaniasis Leprosy Leprosy Elephantiasis- Lymphatic filariasis Elephantiasis- Lymphatic filariasis Neglected zoonotic diseases Neglected zoonotic diseases River Blindness- Onchocerciasis River Blindness- Onchocerciasis Snail Fever- Schistosomiasis Snail Fever- Schistosomiasis Soil transmitted helminthiasis Soil transmitted helminthiasis Trachoma Trachoma Yaws Yaws

Physical Effects

Diseases of Poverty These diseases effect the entire community These diseases effect the entire community Vicious cycle Vicious cycle People can’t work because they’re sick People can’t work because they’re sick Government can’t make money when no one works Government can’t make money when no one works No money to the country = no money to treat the diseases No money to the country = no money to treat the diseases

Contributing Conditions Poverty Poverty Country Economics Country Economics Politics Politics War War

A World Away Myths of prevention and treatment Myths of prevention and treatment Lack of education Lack of education Goes back to vicious cycle Goes back to vicious cycle Superstition Superstition Due to no knowledge of real cause Due to no knowledge of real cause Lack of Access to new methods Lack of Access to new methods Poisoning of the body Poisoning of the body

World Wide Movement WHO WHO World Health Initiative World Health Initiative Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation

Why isn’t there More? Lack of media Publicity Lack of media Publicity Not in countries with money Not in countries with money No gain for pharmaceutical companies to produce effective products No gain for pharmaceutical companies to produce effective products

So What Now? Self Knowledge Self Knowledge Education Education Education Education Education Education Public Awareness Public Awareness Policy and Public Law Policy and Public Law Research Research Recruitment Recruitment Helping the countries help themselves Helping the countries help themselves

“There is no them, there is only us.”