|PAHO: To remove the NTDs we must step up not only our Health
sector strategies but our Poverty-Reduction Strategies| In order
to really tackle the NTDs, we need to start taking a careful and
systematic look at our health systems, but also take into
account the Social Determinants of Health which contribute to
their apparent perpetuity. Dr. Mirta Roses remarks at the
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2011 Annual
Meeting Reception (ASTMH) hosted by Global Network for Neglected
Tropical Diseases. American Society of Tropical Medicine &
Hygiene 2011 Annual Meeting (ASTM&H) PAHO Director’s Talking
Points ASTM&H Reception Hosted by Global Network for Neglected
Tropical Diseases 5 December 2011 Thanks to Neeraj Mistry of the
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (GN) and Peter
Hotez, outgoing President of the ASTM&H, for the invitation to
join you tonight. When I was a young physician in Argentina it
was not uncommon to encounter young children and their moms
reporting to the clinic because t