Diagnostics and the neglected tropical diseases roadmap: setting the agenda for 2030.
WHO
diagnostics
neglected tropical diseases
target product profiles
Journal
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN: 1878-3503
Titre abrégé: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7506129
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 01 2021
28 01 2021
Historique:
received:
06
08
2020
revised:
07
10
2020
accepted:
16
10
2020
pubmed:
11
11
2020
medline:
25
6
2021
entrez:
10
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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 diagnostics as one of four priority areas requiring concerted action to reach the 2030 targets. As a result, WHO established a Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) to serve as the collaborative mechanism to drive progress in this area. Here, the purpose and role of the DTAG are described in the context of the challenges facing NTD programmes.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33169166
pii: 5965337
doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa118
pmc: PMC7842105
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
129-135Subventions
Organisme : World Health Organization
ID : 001
Pays : International
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : R01 AI125160
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.