Course
POLS-490 Political Science Senior Inquiry
Document Type
Student Paper
Publication Date
2016
Disciplines
Comparative Politics | International Public Health | Political Science
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) refer to a group of diseases that affect 1.4 billion people worldwide, most commonly in low and low-middle income nations. These conditions can cause disabling and disfiguring effects that keep those inflicted from escaping poverty, leading to increased economic losses in already impoverished areas in Ghana and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. Although NTDs affect significantly more of the Ghanaian population, more government resources are given to HIV/AIDS (which only affects an estimated 1.5% of citizens). This research identifies the current response to NTDs (including government policy and NGO support) as well as how more global aid for eradicating NTDs would better benefit public health development in Ghana.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Brosch, Rebecca. "Sub-Saharan Africa’s “Other Diseases”: A Comparison of the Global Response to Neglected Tropical Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Ghana" (2016). Political Science: Student Scholarship & Creative Works.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/polsstudent/1