Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race - let's not drop the baton

Affiliations

¹ NTD Technical Director, Sightsavers, 35 Perrymount Rd. Haywards Heath RH16 3BZ, UK.
² Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sightsavers, P.O Box KIA18190, Airport, Accra, Ghana.
³ Sightsavers, 35 Perrymount Rd, Haywards Heath RH16 3BZ.
⁴ SCI Foundation, Edinburgh House, 170 Kennington Ln, Lambeth, London SE11 5DP, UK.
⁵ Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, Federal University of Agriculture, Alabata Road, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
⁶ University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
⁷ CLTS Foundation, CB-88, CB Block, Sector 1, Bidhannager, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India.
⁸ Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Science Park IC2 Building, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK.
⁹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, Gower St., London WCIE 7HT, UK.
¹⁰ African Filariasis Morbidity Project, P.O BOX KB-282, Korle-Bu, Accra Ghana.
¹¹ Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, L3 QA, UK.

Philip Downs et al. Int Health. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 21;14(Suppl 2):ii1-ii6.

doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihab094.

¹ NTD Technical Director, Sightsavers, 35 Perrymount Rd. Haywards Heath RH16 3BZ, UK.
² Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sightsavers, P.O Box KIA18190, Airport, Accra, Ghana.
³ Sightsavers, 35 Perrymount Rd, Haywards Heath RH16 3BZ.
⁴ SCI Foundation, Edinburgh House, 170 Kennington Ln, Lambeth, London SE11 5DP, UK.
⁵ Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, Federal University of Agriculture, Alabata Road, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
⁶ University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
⁷ CLTS Foundation, CB-88, CB Block, Sector 1, Bidhannager, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India.
⁸ Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Science Park IC2 Building, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK.
⁹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, Gower St., London WCIE 7HT, UK.
¹⁰ African Filariasis Morbidity Project, P.O BOX KB-282, Korle-Bu, Accra Ghana.
¹¹ Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, L3 QA, UK.

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Keywords: COVID response; West and Central Africa; behaviour change; elimination; health systems; neglected tropical diseases; supply chains.

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