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