In its new roadmap for neglected tropical diseases, the World Health Organization proposes three important strategic shifts: (i) Stronger accountability which shifting from process to impact indicators; (ii) Intensified cross-cutting approaches; and (iii) Stronger country ownership. In this paper we discuss the implementation of these three strategies in the setting of a high onchocerciasis disease burden in South Sudan.
BT - Infectious diseases of poverty C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34001286 DA - 05/2021 DO - 10.1186/s40249-021-00848-x IS - 1 J2 - Infect Dis Poverty LA - eng N2 -In its new roadmap for neglected tropical diseases, the World Health Organization proposes three important strategic shifts: (i) Stronger accountability which shifting from process to impact indicators; (ii) Intensified cross-cutting approaches; and (iii) Stronger country ownership. In this paper we discuss the implementation of these three strategies in the setting of a high onchocerciasis disease burden in South Sudan.
PY - 2021 EP - 70 T2 - Infectious diseases of poverty TI - The World Health Organization road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030: implications for onchocerciasis elimination programs. UR - https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40249-021-00848-x.pdf VL - 10 SN - 2049-9957 ER -