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Jelena Prpić¹

¹Croatian Veterinary Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

|January 27, 2026

Resumen

Las enfermedades tropicales desatendidas (ETD) son infecciones que afectan a las poblaciones tropicales empobrecidas. Abordar las ETD es crucial para la equidad mundial en salud y los esfuerzos de reducción de la pobreza.

Área de la Ciencia:

Medicina tropical
Enfermedades infecciosas
Salud mundial

Sus antecedentes:

Las enfermedades tropicales desatendidas (ETD) afectan de manera desproporcionada a las poblaciones empobrecidas en las regiones tropicales y subtropicales.
Estas enfermedades representan una carga significativa para la salud mundial, a menudo relacionada con el saneamiento inadecuado y la pobreza.
Comprender el alcance y el impacto de las ETD es vital para intervenciones específicas.

Objetivo del estudio:

Proporcionar una visión general completa de las enfermedades tropicales desatendidas.
Destacar los factores socioeconómicos que contribuyen a la prevalencia de las ETD.
Enfatizar la necesidad de estrategias de control integradas.

Principales métodos:

Revisión de la literatura de datos epidemiológicos sobre ETD.
Análisis de los determinantes socioeconómicos asociados con la distribución de las ETD.
Síntesis de los enfoques actuales de salud pública para el manejo de las ETD.

Principales resultados:

Las ETD abarcan una amplia gama de infecciones parasitarias, bacterianas, virales y fúngicas.
La pobreza, la falta de acceso a agua potable y el saneamiento deficiente son factores clave en la transmisión de las ETD.
Los esfuerzos actuales de control muestran un éxito variable, lo que requiere una mayor colaboración mundial.

Conclusiones:

Los enfoques integrados que combinan intervenciones específicas para cada enfermedad con el desarrollo socioeconómico son esenciales.
La voluntad política sostenida y la financiación son fundamentales para la erradicación de las ETD.
Abordar las ETD es fundamental para lograr los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y mejorar la equidad en salud.

Palabras clave:

enfermedades tropicales desatendidas salud mundial equidad en salud reducción de la pobreza enfermedades virales

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