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A pathway for skin NTD diagnostic development

Donna Huber on November 25, 2024

  The present document outlines the next steps recommended by the Skin NTDs subgroup of the DTAG to operationalise individual disease TPPs and to advance the NTD road map approach of scaling up integrated approaches to skin NTDs. Michael Marks, Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, Wendy W J van de Sande, Bruno Levecke, Anthony W Solomon, Kingsley …

Towards a comprehensive research and development plan to support the control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases

Donna Huber on November 11, 2020

To maximise the likelihood of success, global health programmes need repeated, honest appraisal of their own weaknesses, with research undertaken to address any identified gaps. There is still much to be learned to optimise work against neglected tropical diseases. To facilitate that learning, a comprehensive research and development plan is required. Here, we discuss how …

Diagnostics and the neglected tropical diseases roadmap: setting the agenda for 2030

Donna Huber on November 9, 2020

Accurate and reliable diagnostic tools are an essential requirement for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) programmes. However, the NTD community has historically underinvested in the development and improvement of diagnostic tools, potentially undermining the successes achieved over the last 2 decades. Recognizing this, the WHO, in its newly released draft roadmap for NTD 2021-2030, has identified …