Challenges in assessing the impact of infection and disease control interventions over the past decade based on the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Topical Diseases (ESPEN) database
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Author(s)
Ng, Chi Wai
Maddren, Rosie
Anderson, Roy M
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Over the past 2 decades there has been good progress in the control of many of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) treatable by preventative chemotherapy (PC). Continued major drug donations from pharmaceutical companies, support from philanthropic organizations and heightened international recognition of the health impacts of these diseases have each played an important role in lowering the global health burden due to NTDs. However, considerable improvement in data collection is required to accurately assess this progress as we move towards the ‘end game’ of eliminating these infections as a source of morbidity and mortality. The data quality, type and format collected by the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases database from the African Ministries of Health are discussed and suggestions made for improvements in collection and presentation.
Date Issued
2025-07-01
Date Acceptance
2025-02-17
Citation
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2025, 119 (7), pp.767-770
ISSN
0035-9203
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
767
End Page
770
Journal / Book Title
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume
119
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39968752
PII: 8023233
Subjects
control
epidemiology
neglected tropical diseases (NTD)
soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH)
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
traf005
Date Publish Online
2025-02-19