Recent progress in integrated neglected tropical disease control

Hotez, P., Raff, S., Fenwick, A., Richards, F. and Molyneux, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-7947 (2007) 'Recent progress in integrated neglected tropical disease control'. Trends in Parasitology, Vol 23, Issue 11, pp. 511-514.

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Abstract

Three years have passed since the publication of the first of a series of policy papers, which first highlighted the under-appreciated global burden of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and then outlined a rationale for linking vertical control strategies for the seven most prevalent NTDs in a cost-effective pro-poor package of preventive chemotherapy. Since then, global advocacy for these conditions has increased and, with it, new funds for scale-up of integrated NTD control in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent speeches by the Director General of the World Health Organization at regional meetings have referred to NTDs as important global health priorities (www.who.int/dg/speeches/2007). Outlined here is a summary of the recent progress in global efforts to integrate NTD control, with an emphasis on the challenges that lie ahead.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	millennium development goals filariasis elimination control programs malaria africa schistosomiasis onchocerciasis transmission strategy nigeria
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Helminths. Annelida > QX 200 Helminths QX Parasitology > Helminths. Annelida > QX 301 Filarioidea QX Parasitology > Helminths. Annelida > QX 355 Schistosoma WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 680 Tropical diseases (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 755.1 General coverage WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 765 Prevention and control WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 800 Helminthiasis WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 810 Schistosomiasis WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 855 Trichinosis WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 880 Filariasis and related conditions (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 885 Onchocerciasis
Faculty: Department:	Groups (2002 - 2012) > Disease Control Strategy Group
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2007.08.015
Depositing User:	Sarah Lewis-Newton
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2012 15:52
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:01
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1217

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