tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post1534476583448829944..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Fiddling with genes while Rome burnsAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-27865717851780472562016-06-02T07:03:18.592-04:002016-06-02T07:03:18.592-04:00Tropical and infectious diseases remain the most i...Tropical and infectious diseases remain the most important health problems in developing countries. In children, measles, diarrhoea, malaria and acute respiratory infections kill millions worldwide whereas in adults, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, parasitic and other protozoal infections, tuberculosis and malignancies associated with viral infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality.<br />The impediments to the control of these diseases in developing countries are many. For many immunizeable diseases, solutions exist but have not been implemented for financial or logistical reasons; for others such as waterborne diseases, we have solutions but do not yet know how best to apply them; and for a third category such as HIV/AIDS, solutions remain a hope for the future.<br />The ultimate control can be achieved through further research on identifying novel strategies for control of these diseases in developing countries and on implementing effective intervention programmes fully integrated with other health programmes.<br />joseph muitahttp://unitid.uonbi.ac.ke/noreply@blogger.com