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. 2016 Mar;8 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):i12-4.
doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv072.

RRR for NNN-a rapid research response for the Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network: a novel framework to challenges faced by the global programs targeting neglected tropical diseases

Chelsea E Toledo  1 , Julie Jacobson  2 , Emily C Wainwright  3 , Eric A Ottesen  4 , Patrick J Lammie  4
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RRR for NNN-a rapid research response for the Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network: a novel framework to challenges faced by the global programs targeting neglected tropical diseases

Chelsea E Toledo et al. Int Health. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

While global programs targeting the control or elimination of five of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)-lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis and trachoma-are well underway, they still face many operational challenges. Because of the urgency of 2020 program targets, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development devised a novel rapid research response (RRR) framework to engage national programs, researchers, implementers and WHO in a Coalition for Operational Research on NTDs. After 2 years, this effort has succeeded as an important basis for the research response to programmatic challenges facing NTD programs.

Keywords: Disease elimination; Government financing; Non-governmental organizations; Operations research; Tropical medicine.

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