Armed conflict and several infectious diseases, as HIV infection, have had a profound impact on the societies of sub-Saharan Africa. We have the perception that will be difficult to perform a safe and effective program of neglected tropical disease (NTD) eradication in areas where food, shelter, water and sanitation, basic medical care, and personal security are priorities of survival. Nevertheless, it is not acceptable to wait until all these problems are over before mounting a preventive

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... therapy program. The prevention and the control of infections and their respective agents may be achieved by several levels of intervention which are determined by different patterns of responsibility and complexity. For the control of pandemics, endemic or epidemics diseases, global strategies are needed 4 .