Combating infectious disease epidemics through China's Belt and Road Initiative

Jin Chen; Robert Bergquist; Xiao-Nong Zhou; Jing-Bo Xue; Men-Bao Qian

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007107

Combating infectious disease epidemics through China's Belt and Road Initiative

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Apr 18;13(4):e0007107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007107. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Authors

Jin Chen^{1

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5}, Robert Bergquist⁶, Xiao-Nong Zhou^{1

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5}, Jing-Bo Xue^{1

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5}, Men-Bao Qian^{1

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Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China.
² Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai, China.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China.
⁴ National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Ingerod, Brastad, Sweden.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Communicable Disease Control / legislation & jurisprudence
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Communicable Diseases / epidemiology
Epidemics / prevention & control*
Global Health / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Neglected Diseases / prevention & control
Policy
Socioeconomic Factors
World Health Organization*

Grants and funding

J C and MB Q were supported by the Joint TDR/WPR Small Grants Scheme for implementation research in infectious diseases of poverty (grant No. 2016/664127-0). XN Z was also supported by China-UK Global Health Support Programme funded by UK DFID (No. GHSP-CS-OP2-02) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development). No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.