Tropical disease

[1] The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates, due in part to the occurrence of a cold season, which controls the insect population by forcing hibernation.

The initial impetus for tropical medicine was to protect the health of colonial settlers, notably in India under the British Raj.

Most often disease is transmitted by an insect bite, which causes transmission of the infectious agent through subcutaneous blood exchange.

The TDR secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland, but the work is conducted throughout the world through many partners and funded grants.

One obvious reason is that the hot climate present during all the year and the larger volume of rains directly affect the formation of breeding grounds, the larger number and variety of natural reservoirs and animal diseases that can be transmitted to humans (zoonosis), the largest number of possible insect vectors of diseases.

[citation needed] Climate change, global warming caused by the greenhouse effect, and the resulting increase in global temperatures, are possibly causing tropical diseases and vectors to spread to higher altitudes in mountainous regions, and to higher latitudes that were previously spared, such as the Southern United States, the Mediterranean area, etc.

For example, microloans enable communities to invest in health programs that lead to more effective disease treatment and prevention technology.

Disability-adjusted life year for tropical diseases per 100,000 inhabitants. These include trypanosomiasis , chagas disease , schistosomiasis , leishmaniasis , lymphatic filariasis , onchocerciasis .
no data
≤100
100–200
200–300
300–400
400–500
500–600
600–700
700–800
800–900
900–1000
1000–1500
≥1500