02030nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001653001400042653001300056653003900069653000900108100001700117700001400134700001800148700001300166700001300179700001100192700001600203700001300219700001100232700001500243700001400258700001300272700001400285700001400299700001400313245012200327856007700449300001300526490000600539520112100545022001401666       2015                            d10aResources10aPlanning10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)10aData1 aFlueckiger R1 aNikolay B1 aGelderblom HC1 aSmith JL1 aHaddad D1 aTack W1 aHendrickx G1 aAddiss D1 aCano J1 aHatcher DR1 aHopkins A1 aPullan R1 aPavluck A1 aOttesen E1 aBrooker S00aIntegrating data and resources on neglected tropical diseases for better planning: The NTD Mapping Tool (NTDmap.org).  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318578/pdf/pntd.0003400.pdf  ae00034000 v93 a<p>Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than 1,000,000,000 poor and marginalized people worldwide. NTDs are caused by diverse pathogens with differing modes of transmission and a range of vectors and intermediate hosts, which have their own ecological peculiarities. While there is considerable overlap in the geographical distribution of different NTDs at a national level [<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003400#pntd.0003400.ref001">1</a>], epidemiological differences of individual NTDs give rise to marked geographical variation at local levels. Since cost-effectiveness of intervention is greatest when targeted to areas having a high burden of multiple diseases, maps of the distribution of the different NTDs are essential for planning and implementing NTD interventions, as well as for providing visualization of program progress, so important for advocacy. In recent years there have been concerted, and very successful, efforts to develop detailed information resources on the geographical distribution of different NTDs.</p>
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