[Jan] Neglected Tropical Disease

Question 1

Why this name?

Answer 1

NTDs are named so because the attention on these diseases has been the least while they affect the most number of poor people.

Question 2

Which are NTDs?

Answer 2

Ascariasis, Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, human African trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma, and trichuriasis are the 13 NTDs.

-Ebola also tagged as NTD