UK coalition against NTDs: Annual report 2013.

NTDs must receive explicit attention within poverty reduction frameworks, particularly the successor framework to the MDGs. Universal health coverage offers an opportunity to incorporate NTDs into a basic package of care in response to citizen led health burdens. Moreover, NTDs efforts must be recognised as an opportunity to contribute to efforts to address the root causes of poverty, such as access to water and sanitation services, overcrowded living conditions and access to education.