Why Haven’t We Ended These 5 Diseases?

Head to https://linode.com/scishow to get a $100 60-day credit on a new Linode account. Linode offers simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. The Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of conditions that affect the poorest one fourth of the world's population. Most of them have easy cures, treatments, or solutions. So what's stopping us from ending them for good? Learn how we aim to end yaws, Hansen's disease, and more in the Global South. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Sources: https://ourworldindata.org/eradicatio... https://polioeradication.org/who-we-a... https://www.who.int/teams/global-mala... https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la... https://www.who.int/health-topics/neg... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34485... https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-i... https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/ar... https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/artic... https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/artic... https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/ar... https://ourworldindata.org/from-1-90-... https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/2/3/36 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/world-lep... https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh... https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/transmiss... https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/treatment... https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/artic... https://www.who.int/publications/i/it... https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh... https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schisto... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/ar... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.pediatricpraziquantelcons... https://www.who.int/publications/i/it... https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcen... https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m... https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcen... https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/ar... https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh... https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sth/ind... https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/guineaw... https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh...) https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsand... https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/... https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/artic... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... https://sti.bmj.com/content/sextrans/... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/ https://bit.ly/3wRyeeR https://bit.ly/3JxiZPX https://bit.ly/3JTywtJ https://bit.ly/3WZefWg https://bit.ly/40qHDYE https://bit.ly/2sCjq3k https://bit.ly/3Y30ibe https://bit.ly/2I7xEC5 https://bit.ly/3HPTgRw https://bit.ly/3wOjvl5 https://bit.ly/3JFdqyT https://bit.ly/3HSDvJt https://bit.ly/40nUDy4 https://bit.ly/40qItVi https://bit.ly/3l3QUFL https://bit.ly/3HRHx4N