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

David Mabey; Ellen Agler; John H Amuasi; Leda Hernandez; T Déirdre Hollingsworth; Peter J Hotez; Patrick J Lammie; Mwelecele N Malecela; Sultani H Matendechero; Eric Ottesen; Richard O Phillips; John C Reeder; Célia Landmann Szwarcwald; Joseph P Shott; Anthony W Solomon; Andrew Steer; Soumya Swaminathan

doi:10.1093/trstmh/traa114

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

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 28;115(2):196-199. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa114.

Authors

David Mabey¹, Ellen Agler², John H Amuasi³, Leda Hernandez⁴, T Déirdre Hollingsworth⁵, Peter J Hotez^{6

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10}, Patrick J Lammie¹¹, Mwelecele N Malecela¹², Sultani H Matendechero¹³, Eric Ottesen¹¹, Richard O Phillips¹⁴, John C Reeder¹⁵, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald¹⁶, Joseph P Shott¹⁷, Anthony W Solomon¹², Andrew Steer^{18

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Affiliations

¹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
² The END Fund, New York, NY 10016, USA.
³ African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Kumasi AK-039-5028, Ghana.
⁴ Department of Health, Infectious Disease Office, National Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Manila 1003, Philippines.
⁵ Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK.
⁶ Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030s, USA.
⁷ Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
⁸ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USA.
⁹ James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
¹⁰ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA.
¹¹ Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, GA 30030, USA.
¹² Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹³ Division of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁴ Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi AK-039-5028, Ghana.
¹⁵ UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR), 1211 Geneva 21040-900, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
¹⁷ Division of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Office of Infectious Diseases, Bureau for Global Health, USAID, Washington, DC 20004, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
¹⁹ Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.
²⁰ Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.
²¹ Science Division, WHO, Geneva 1211, Switzerland.

Abstract

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 such a plan might be developed.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Disease Eradication
Global Health
Humans
Neglected Diseases / prevention & control
Research
Tropical Medicine*

Abstract

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