Based on the reports from neighboring countries around the DCR, neurocysticercosis (NCC) and cerebral cysticercosis (CC) are clearly prevalent in their countries. However, in the DCR, the last reported case of human and porcine cysticercosis was reported in 1958 and 1990. According to the article, the negligence of this endemic was due to economic challenges in which the country underwent during two decades of war and conflict (). The accumulated debt the DCR collected affected the government’s priorities on public health issues. More emphasis was placed towards major diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in comparison to NTIs such as cysticercosis. This research investigation was a crucial to the DCR because it was the first initiative to evaluate the economic and public health consequences of
Based on the reports from neighboring countries around the DCR, neurocysticercosis (NCC) and cerebral cysticercosis (CC) are clearly prevalent in their countries. However, in the DCR, the last reported case of human and porcine cysticercosis was reported in 1958 and 1990. According to the article, the negligence of this endemic was due to economic challenges in which the country underwent during two decades of war and conflict (). The accumulated debt the DCR collected affected the government’s priorities on public health issues. More emphasis was placed towards major diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in comparison to NTIs such as cysticercosis. This research investigation was a crucial to the DCR because it was the first initiative to evaluate the economic and public health consequences of