8-point manifesto urges increased control, elimination and R&D efforts against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Although advances in the control and elimination of neglected infections have been steadily increasing in the past decade -specifically with heightened interest by policy makers, governments, the World Health Organization (WHO), and private philanthropies -more can and must be done, says a new editorial, "'Manifesto' for Advancing the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases," published May 25 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.