Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa

1. An Overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Owusu Gyapong

2. Buruli Ulcer in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghislain Sopoh, Kingsley Asiedu

3. Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)
Dieudonne P. Sankara, Andrew S. Korkor, Junerlyn Agua-Agum, Gautam Biswas

4. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT)
Pascal Lutumba, Enock Matovu, Marleen Boelaert

5. Leishmaniasis
Asrat Hailu, Daniel Argaw Dagne, Marleen Boelaert

6. Leprosy
Benedict Okoe Quao, Ekow Amankrah-Otabir

7. Loiasis
Joseph Kamgno, Hugues Clotaire Nana-Djeunga, Marc Kouam-Kenmogne

8. Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis)
Yao Sodahlon, Mwele Malecela, John O. Gyapong

9. Onchocerciasis
Boakye A. Boatin, Uche Amazigo

10. Podoconiosis: Endemic Non-filarial Elephantiasis
Kebede Deribe, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Gail Davey

11. Schistosomiasis
Tony Danso-Appiah

12. Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
Michael D. Wilson, Dziedzom K. Souza, Irene Ayi

13. Trachoma
Teshome Gebre

14. Yaws
Nsiire Agana, Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Earnest Njih Tabah

15. The Social and Economic Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
Margaret Gyapong, Alexander Nartey, Enoch Oti, Samantha Page

16. Alternative Interventions Against Neglected Tropical Diseases in SSA: Vector Control
Daniel Boakye, Dziedzom Souza, Moses Bockarie

17. The Role of Health Systems in the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
Justice Nonvignon, Ernest Mensah, Frances B. da-Costa Vroom, Sam Adjei, John O. Gyapong

Keywords: Biomedicine, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Public Health