There is hope for treating tropical diseases. A U.S.-funded program integrates for the first time treatment programs for tropical diseases that affects 1 billion people, or one out of six of the world population.
The U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program is behind the distribution of medicines to more than 14 million people in four African nations affected with lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma, onchocerciasis, and soil-transmitted helminths
