01336nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653003200042653001600074653000900090653002000099100001100119700001500130700001700145245016100162300001200323490000800335520078500343022001401128       2019                            d10aNeglected Tropical Diseases10aCooperation10aRNAS10aschistosomiasis1 aZhou X1 aLeonardo L1 aBergquist RN00aPreface: Sustained cooperation on research and control of neglected tropical diseases among multisectors and multipartners across borders in Southeast Asia.  axi-xiii0 v1053 a<p>This special issue is going to introduce the origins of the "Regional Network on Asian Schistosomiasis (RNAS)" which can be traced back to 1996. RNAS was originally a collaboration of scientists from China and Philippines, and then expanded to Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan and Laos, with focusing on research and control of schistosomiasis japonica. However, at its fifth meeting in Bali, Indonesia in 2005, more countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and Korea were brought on board along with a string of neglected tropical diseases such as cysticercosis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis and fascioliasis, and RNAS thus became RNAS. We all expected that the progress made so far will be enough to persuade donors to assist RNAS in its current activities and forward movement.</p>
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