Rare Diseases & Orphan Drug

Neglected Rare Tropical Diseases

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), such as lymphatic filariasis, dengue, leishmaniasis, and trachoma are called "neglected," because they generally afflict the world's poor and historically have not received as much awareness as other diseases. They are group of tropical diseases which are mostly seen in low income population and low developing countries like Africa, Asia and America. In this some are relatively expensive and some are not curable diseases.  The deaths with tropical diseases are recently come into the analysis and it seems to be higher in low developing regions.