Sökning: "Neglected Tropical Diseases"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Neglected Tropical Diseases.
1. Accelerating the discovery of drugs for Neglected Tropical Diseases using biophysical methods
Sammanfattning : Even though they account for 10% of the global disease burden and besides the new record of funding in 2018, tropical diseases are still neglected by the majority of pharmaceutical companies and public funding. The reason can be mostly found in the fact that for these diseases a conventional drug discovery process is often too expensive. LÄS MER
2. It is on my skin, on my soul, and on my life : development of a disease-specific quality of life instrument for adult patients with acute cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran
Sammanfattning : Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), is the most common form of a group of diseases known as leishmaniases. They are caused by obligatory intracellular protozoa from the genus Leishmania and transmitted by sandflies. LÄS MER
3. Pharmacovigilance capacity in East Africa with focus on neglected tropical diseases
Sammanfattning : Pharmacovigilance aims to enhance patient safety in relation to the use of medicines by reducing the incidence and severity of adverse events which includes supporting public health programs by providing information on the safety profile of medicines used by the programs. In Africa, the increased access to medicinal products is not well-matched with the pharmacovigilance capacity to monitor drug safety. LÄS MER
4. Control or elimination : terms for public health interventions against tungiasis and schistosomiasis haematobium
Sammanfattning : The thesis revolves around diagnosis and treatment of tungiasis (sand flea disease) and schistosomiasis haematobium. The causing parasites, Tunga penetrans and Schistosoma haematobium, both have the ability to penetrate intact skin. LÄS MER
5. Oral eflornithine treatment of late-stage human African trypanosomiasis
Sammanfattning : Human African trypanosomiasis is a fatal disease unless treated. It is a parasitic vector borne disease endemic in sub-Saharan African countries. Eflornithine is a recommended treatment for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) in the later disease stage when the parasites have infected the central nervous system. LÄS MER