01529nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001653002200042653002400064653003500088653002500123653002400148100001300172700001500185700001700200700001400217700001300231245020000244856007600444300001000520490000600530520073700536022001401273       2016                            d10aTropical Medicine10aOperations Research10anon-governmental organizations10aGovernment financing10aDisease elimination1 aToledo C1 aJacobson J1 aWainwright E1 aOttesen E1 aLammie P00aRRR 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: Box 1.  uhttp://inthealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/8/suppl_1/i12.full.pdf+html  a12-140 v83 a<p>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&nbsp;- are well underway, they still face many operational challenges. Because of the urgency of 2020 program targets, the Bill &amp; 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.</p>
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