01502nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260003400042653002400076653005700100653002100157653001700178100001600195700001100211700002100222700002100243700001500264700001300279700001400292700001200306700001400318700001100332700001600343700001800359700001400377245009700391856010400488520057100592022002501163       2022                            d  bOxford University Press (OUP)10aInfectious Diseases10aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health10aGeneral Medicine10aParasitology1 aAnderson RM1 aCano J1 aHollingsworth TD1 aDeribe-Kassaye K1 aZouré HGM1 aKello AB1 aImpouma B1 aKalu AA1 aAppleby L1 aYard E1 aSalasibew M1 aMcRae-McKee K1 aVegvari C00aResponding to the cuts in UK AID to neglected tropical diseases control programmes in Africa  uhttps://academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/trstmh/trac109/47211136/trac109.pdf3 a<p>The early termination of the Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (Ascend) programme by the UK government in June 2021 was a bitter blow to countries in East and West Africa where no alternative source of funding existed. Here we assess the potential impact the cuts may have had if alternative funding had not been made available by new development partners and outline new strategies developed by affected countries to mitigate current and future disruptions to neglected tropical disease control programmes.</p>
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