Mahmoud A A
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1995 Jun;9(2):265-74.
The health of the people in tropical and subtropical countries is compromised because of multiple factors including demography, economics, and particularly an ever-increasing burden of illness from infections and parasitic diseases. At the turn of the century, malaria, schistosomiasis, and tuberculosis are three major challenges that the majority of the world population is facing with few effective chemotherapeutic or immunologic tools. Furthermore, the ever-increasing threat of emerging infections is taxing our surveillance and detection procedures. The modern biomedical revolution promises a better outcome if a global effort in investing in health is effectively launched.
热带和亚热带国家人民的健康因多种因素而受到损害，这些因素包括人口统计学、经济状况，尤其是感染和寄生虫病带来的疾病负担不断增加。在世纪之交，疟疾、血吸虫病和结核病是世界上大多数人口面临的三大主要挑战，而有效的化疗或免疫工具却很少。此外，新出现感染的威胁不断增加，给我们的监测和检测程序带来了压力。如果能有效开展全球卫生投资行动，现代生物医学革命有望带来更好的结果。
