       Document 0922
 DOCN  M9620922
 TI    Tropical medicine for the 21st century.
 DT    9602
 AU    De Cock KM; Lucas SB; Mabey D; Parry E; London School of Hygiene and
       Tropical Medicine.
 SO    BMJ. 1995 Sep 30;311(7009):860-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96066572
 AB    The specialty of tropical medicine originated from the needs of the
       colonial era and is removed from many of the health care requirements of
       tropical countries today. Tropical medicine concentrates on parasitic
       diseases of warm climates, although other infections and diseases
       related to poverty rather than climate dominate medicine in developing
       countries challenged by population pressure, civil strife, and
       migration. In the new century, tropical medicine would best be absorbed
       into the specialty of infectious diseases, which should incorporate
       parasitic diseases, travel medicine, and sexually transmitted diseases.
       Pressing questions for health care and research in developing countries
       concern the provision of appropriate services for problems such as
       HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and injuries. The
       question of how to provide appropriate clinical care in resource poor
       settings for the major causes of morbidity and premature mortality has
       been neglected by donors, academic institutions, and traditional
       tropical medicine.
 DE    Forecasting  Human  Poverty  Tropical Climate  Tropical Medicine/*TRENDS
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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