Neglected Tropical Diseases in Pakistan: A Story of Neglect
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Aisha KHAN
,
Mehreen TARIQ
,
Sami SIMSEK
,
Muhammad Sohail AFZAL
,
Majid FASIHI HARANDI
,
Shahzad ALI
,
Rana Muhammad Kamran SHABBIR
,
Haroon AHMED
Abstract
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2. Herricks JR, Hotez PJ, Wanga V, et al. The Global Burden of Disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs? PLoS Negl Trop Dis.2017;11(8):1-21.e0005424.
3. The World Bank Data: Rural Population (% of total population). Pakistan (2018). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS?locations=PK
4. Anonymous. Leishmaniasis- a neglected, global disease of marginalised people. A summary report from the Leishmaniasis Gap Analysis Report and Action Plan carried out in Albania, Jordan and Paki-stan 2015. https://endingpandemics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Final-summary-report-leishmaniasis.pdf
5. Rauf M, Fatima-Tuz-Zahra, Manzoor S, et al. Out-break of Chikungunya in Pakistan. Lancet Infect Dis.2017;17(3):258.
6. Ilyas F. Anti-rabies project launched in Karachi. Dawn News. 2018. https://www.dawn.com/news/1382541
7. Khan A, Ahmed H, Budke CM. Echinococcosis in Pakistan: a call for research. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019;19(6):581.
8. WHO. WHO EMRO Dengue Fever Pro-grammes Pakistan. 2011. http://www.emro.who.int/pak/programmes/dengue-fever.html
9. Blum AJ, Majid MF, Hotez PJ. Pakistan: A nation held back by NTDs. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.2018;12(10):e0006751.
10. WHO. Neglected Tropical Diseases. PCT Data-bank. Soil-transmitted helminthiases. 2018. http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/preventive_chemotherapy/sth/db/?units=minimal®ion=EMR&country=pak&countries=pak&year=2016
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KHAN A, TARIQ M, SIMSEK S, AFZAL MS, FASIHI HARANDI M, ALI S, SHABBIR RMK, AHMED H. Neglected Tropical Diseases in Pakistan: A Story of Neglect. Iran J Parasitol. 2020;15(4):618-620.
