Interesting articles on infectious diseases in developing world
Thursday February 21, 2008 , 1 min Read
From BBC:
Map pinpoints disease ‘hotspots’
A detailed map highlighting the world’s hotspots for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) has been released.
From Reuters:
Study urges new focus in hunt for emerging diseases
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Health experts are mostly looking in the wrong places for the next AIDS, Ebola, or bird flu and should shift resources from rich countries to the developing world most likely to spawn the next big disease, researchers say.