Why Haven’t We Ended These 5 Diseases?

Head to to get a $100 60-day credit on a new Linode account. Linode offers simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. The Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of conditions that affect the poorest one fourth of the world’s population. Most of them have easy cures, treatments, or solutions. So what’s stopping us from ending them for good? Learn how we aim to end yaws, Hansen’s disease, and more in the Global South. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Sources: (22)01875-X/fulltext (22)00069-6/fulltext #Tab1 (guinea-worm-disease) Images: