All of these diseases can be found in low-income populations. They impair or permanently disable millions of people every year, often making it difficult to be productive in school, to marry, and to earn a living. Many of these conditions cause life-long physical pain and social stigmatization.
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Lymphatic filariasis. Photo courtesy Sudesh Kumar.
Onchocerciasis. Photo courtesy Julian Lott.
Soil-transmitted helminths. Photo courtesy Dylan Garcia.
Female genital schistosomiasis. Photo courtesy Cavallini James.
Neural tube defects. Photo courtesy BSIP Scientific and Medical Images.
Congenital syphilis. Photo courtesy Gado Images.
Vitamin A blindness. Photo courtesy Jenny Matthews.
Trachoma. Photo courtesy DMA Alamy.
Under-five mortality prevention. Photo courtesy Lucian Coman.
Falciparum malaria. Photo courtesy Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer.