1.0 link 66852 <![CDATA[The Threat of Neglected Tropical Diseases]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alyssa-milano/the-threat-of-neglected-t_b_66852.html You've probably never heard of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), even though they are the most common afflictions of the world's poorest people -- more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. In all my travels to developing nations during 10 years of humanitarian efforts, I had not heard of them either. And that was shocking to me. How was it possible that diseases that make life miserable for one out of every six people on earth had gone virtually unnoticed?

I learned...

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