Neglected tropical diseases: an effective global response to local poverty-related disease priorities

Abstract Background Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have long been overlooked in the global health agenda. They are intimately related to poverty, cause important local burdens of disease, but individually do not represent global priorities. Yet, NTDs were estimated to affect close to 2 billion p...

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Main Authors: Dirk Engels, Xiao-Nong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-0630-9