Despite an enormous population and growing economy, the nation of Indonesia has some of the world's highest concentrations of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These NTDs may thwart future national growth and recent gains. Yet, Indonesia and its Ministry of Health, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), have embarked on an ambitious effort to quickly assemble a health and scientific infrastructure suitable for eliminating its NTDs.
BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587452?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002449 IS - 2 J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis LA - eng N2 -Despite an enormous population and growing economy, the nation of Indonesia has some of the world's highest concentrations of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These NTDs may thwart future national growth and recent gains. Yet, Indonesia and its Ministry of Health, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), have embarked on an ambitious effort to quickly assemble a health and scientific infrastructure suitable for eliminating its NTDs.
PY - 2014 EP - e2449 T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases TI - Indonesia: an emerging market economy beset by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). UR - http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002449&type=printable VL - 8 SN - 1935-2735 ER -