Neglected tropical diseases of Namibia: unsolved mysteries.

摘要: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are most commonly found in settings of poverty and responsible for the morbidity and/or mortality millions each year. As an upper-middle income country, Namibia is not normally considered to have many NTDs but published reports indicate possible presence over 30. Because much data buried historical studies before Independence 1990, there a risk losing valuable information on which build current future integrated public health strategies. The purpose this review, therefore, bring together these significant fragments identify existing knowledge gaps need be addressed effective control, prevention, even elimination review focuses intestinal helminthes, schistosomes/snail 'vectors', viruses (Rift Valley Fever, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic rabies), protozoa (Leishmania, Toxoplasma, Amoeba, Giardia), bacteria (Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Leptospira, Coxiella, Brucella, Borrelia), fungi (Pneumocystis) myiasis. Each NTD speaks surveillance creation disease maps, linking prevalence related with environmental ecological factors assist control prevention efforts. predominance zoonotic suggests integrate veterinary components as national system established.