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Gear up for jobs in high-demand fields: data analytics, digital marketing, and more.Tungiasis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). There is a need to reinforce skills of national and district health workers to know and identify the disease, understand the risk factors according to the context and living conditions of the affected communities, and promote the implementation of integrated interventions, including the treatment of persons and animals, to reduce the morbidity associated with tungiasis, and eliminate the occurrence of severe tungiasis cases. This course examines the epidemiology of tungiasis, clinical aspects, diagnosis, treatment and prevention, socioeconomic impact, and public health interventions.
Picture: Pan American Health Organization, Project in Alto Rionegro, Brazil. Tungiasis in humans. Tumbirá project: training activities for controlling tungiasis in indigenous communities link