The new COVID-19 poor and the neglected tropical diseases resurgence
Peter J. Hotez, Alan Fenwick, David Molyneux
Abstract
More than 100 million people are facing a return to extreme poverty because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), while new estimates suggest that threenations—India, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo—may suffer the greatest economic contractions. Such findings will have profound consequences in terms of our ability to control or eliminate the most widely prevalent neglected tropical diseases.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Neglected tropical diseasesTropical medicineTropical diseasePoverty2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DemocracyPublic healthDevelopment economicsMedicineSocioeconomicsDiseaseGeographyEnvironmental healthEconomic growthPolitical scienceVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPathologyEconomicsLawPoliticsParasites and Host InteractionsParasite Biology and Host InteractionsParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment