Disease Is Spreading

Kelsey Layton
3:22 PM
October 27, 2010

149 countries and territories and hurting the lives of at least on billion people, that is the basis of the problems of infectious disease in poor population. The United Nations health agency released a report on October 14, 2010 stating that they had ways to combat a group of chronic infectious diseases. This report covers 17 tropical diseases that thrive in more areas that are very poor with housing that is substandard with living surroundings that are contaminated and have insects and animals spreading disease. Many international pharmaceutical companies are giving generous donations to the areas and people in need. Companies such as Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline are renewing their commitments to continue to help the areas. Consequences of the untreated of diseases are great, including; blindness, severe pain, limb deformities, impaired mental and physical development, and damage to internal organs. Some of the diseases that are being looked into are; Buruli ulcer disease, lymphatic filariasis, and leprosy. This problem is one that people around the world are working to control that is because these diseases are ones that are considered to be a global problem. I feel this because people in the United States even, are working to control this endemic. The drug companies are part of the leaders in making this global change by supplying the countries with the basic drug needs of the people in distress. If this was not a global problem there would not be people working hard to try and come up with solutions including the UN, and other countries internationally. We are working to solve the problem that is happening in those remote areas right now, and that is what we need to continue to try and wipe out the diseases being spread.


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