TY - JOUR
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Parasitology
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - General Medicine
KW - Diagnostics
AU - Souza AA
AU - Ducker C
AU - Argaw D
AU - King J
AU - Solomon AW
AU - Biamonte MA
AU - Coler RN
AU - Cruz I
AU - Lejon V
AU - Levecke B
AU - Marchini FK
AU - Marks M
AU - Millet P
AU - Njenga SM
AU - Noordin R
AU - Paulussen R
AU - Sreekumar E
AU - Lammie PJ
AB - <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>
BT - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DO - 10.1093/trstmh/traa118
LA - eng
N2 - <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>
PB - Oxford University Press (OUP)
PY - 2020
T2 - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
TI - Diagnostics and the neglected tropical diseases roadmap: setting the agenda for 2030
SN - 0035-9203, 1878-3503
ER -