That's no surprise, so at the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases in North Hospital, in Marseille, France, hydro-alcoholic solution dispensers are everywhere.
Ghanaian inventor Andrew Quao is working to ease the burden on hospitals with technology that can diagnose chronic and tropical diseases and pharmacies.
The United States believes that the first-annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day kicks off an important year in the fight against neglected diseases of poverty.