Don't neglect the neglected tropical disease.

Most people in richer countries equate tropical disease with the big three—HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria—and funding agencies allocate aid accordingly. the big three diseases of course causing death.

But the situation is different in poor countries. The poorest people are not only poor. They are also chronically
sick, making it harder for them to escape poverty. A group of seven tropical diseases, mostly caused by parasitic worms, afflict a billion impoverished people worldwide. They seldom kill directly but cause lifelong misery that stunts children’s growth, leaves adults unable to function to their fullest, and heightens the risk of other diseases.


Fortunately, they can be easily treated, often with a single pill. Various agencies and foundations are collaborating to deliver these drugs, but they have reached only about 10 percent of the population so far. So many researcher, agencies too focus on the big three diseases and right now they more focus about the popular pandemic, H1N1 virus.

I don't blame them because of the researches, researches are good. But in the name of humanity, please increase some fund to help the poor. They deserve to live. Besides that, the neglected disease must be keep going on research to make sure the drugs used are still efficient, and is can prevent the reemergence

of disease.