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“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor

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  • David H Molyneux
  • Peter J Hotez
  • Alan Fenwick

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Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of people.

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  • David H Molyneux & Peter J Hotez & Alan Fenwick, 2005. "“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 2(11), pages 1-1, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:0020336
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020336
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    1. Peter J Hotez & Bernard Pecoul, 2010. "“Manifesto” for Advancing the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 4(5), pages 1-7, May.
    2. Brajendra K Singh & Moses J Bockarie & Manoj Gambhir & Peter M Siba & Daniel J Tisch & James Kazura & Edwin Michael, 2013. "Sequential Modelling of the Effects of Mass Drug Treatments on Anopheline-Mediated Lymphatic Filariasis Infection in Papua New Guinea," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(6), pages 1-16, June.
    3. Thomas Fürst & Paola Salari & Laura Monzón Llamas & Peter Steinmann & Christopher Fitzpatrick & Fabrizio Tediosi, 2017. "Global health policy and neglected tropical diseases: Then, now, and in the years to come," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(9), pages 1-5, September.
    4. Peter J Hotez, 2015. "Blue Marble Health Redux: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Human Development in the Group of 20 (G20) Nations and Nigeria," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-5, July.
    5. Parker, Melissa & Allen, Tim, 2011. "Does mass drug administration for the integrated treatment of neglected tropical diseases really work?: assessing evidence for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 44291, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    7. Jan H Kolaczinski & Kara Hanson & Emily Robinson & Diana Picon & Anthony Sabasio & Martin Mpakateni & Mounir Lado & Stephen Moore & Nora Petty & Simon Brooker, 2010. "Integrated Surveys of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Southern Sudan: How Much Do They Cost and Can They Be Refined?," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 4(7), pages 1-8, July.
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    9. James Smith & Emma Michelle Taylor, 2013. "MDGs and NTDs: Reshaping the Global Health Agenda," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(12), pages 1-3, December.
    10. Evans, Olaniyi, 2020. "Socio-economic impacts of novel coronavirus: The policy solutions," BizEcons Quarterly, Strides Educational Foundation, vol. 7, pages 3-12.
    11. Caitlin Dunn & Kelly Callahan & Moses Katabarwa & Frank Richards & Donald Hopkins & P Craig Withers Jr. & Lucas E Buyon & Deborah McFarland, 2015. "The Contributions of Onchocerciasis Control and Elimination Programs toward the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(5), pages 1-13, May.
    12. Peter J Hotez, 2013. "NTDs V.2.0: “Blue Marble Health”—Neglected Tropical Disease Control and Elimination in a Shifting Health Policy Landscape," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(11), pages 1-7, November.

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