Introduction to the special issue: challenges and opportunities in the fight against neglected tropical diseases: a decade from the London Declaration on NTDs
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Author(s)
Forbes, K
Basáñez, M-G
Hollingsworth, TD
Anderson, RM
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Twenty neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are currently prioritised by the World Health Organization for eradication, elimination as a public health problem, elimination of transmission or control by 2030. This issue celebrates progress made since the 2012 London Declaration on NTDs and discusses challenges currently faced to achieve these goals. It comprises 14 contributions spanning NTDs tackled by intensified disease management to those addressed by preventive chemotherapy. Although COVID-19 negatively affected NTD programmes, it also served to spur new multisectoral approaches to strengthen school-based health systems. The issue highlights the needs to improve impact survey design, evaluate new diagnostics, understand the consequences of heterogeneous prevalence and human movement, the potential impact of alternative treatment strategies and the importance of zoonotic transmission. This article is part of the theme issue 'Challenges and opportunities in the fight against neglected tropical diseases: a decade from the London Declaration on NTDs'.
Date Issued
2023-10-09
Online Publication Date
2023-09-05T13:25:41Z
Date Acceptance
2023-07-27
ISSN
0962-8436
Publisher
The Royal Society
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume
378
Issue
1887
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors.
Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Identifier
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2022.0272
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37598699
Publication Status
Published
Country
England
Article Number
20220272
Date Publish Online
2023-08-21