@article{94682,
  keywords = {Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, General Medicine, Diagnostics},
  author = {Souza AA and Ducker C and Argaw D and King J and Solomon AW and Biamonte MA and Coler RN and Cruz I and Lejon V and Levecke B and Marchini FK and Marks M and Millet P and Njenga SM and Noordin R and Paulussen R and Sreekumar E and Lammie PJ},
  title = {Diagnostics and the neglected tropical diseases roadmap: setting the agenda for 2030},
  abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
               <jats:p>Accurate and reliable diagnostic tools are an essential requirement for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) programmes. However, the NTD community has historically underinvested in the development and improvement of diagnostic tools, potentially undermining the successes achieved over the last 2 decades. Recognizing this, the WHO, in its newly released draft roadmap for NTD 2021–2030, has identified diagnostics as one of four priority areas requiring concerted action to reach the 2030 targets. As a result, WHO established a Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) to serve as the collaborative mechanism to drive progress in this area. Here, the purpose and role of the DTAG are described in the context of the challenges facing NTD programmes.</jats:p>},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  issn = {0035-9203, 1878-3503},
  doi = {10.1093/trstmh/traa118},
  language = {eng},
}