Tackling Neglected Diseases Could Offer More Bang for the Buck

In this week's issue of Science is a must read article for public health professionals. In a report from a Stockholm meeting a group of parasitologists suggest that despite the international interest in the big three diseases, HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria a bigger bang for the buck would occur if diseases such as Hookworm, Schistosomiasis and Leishmaniasis were treated concurrently.