| Literature DB >> 33169166 |
Ashley A Souza1, Camilla Ducker2, Daniel Argaw3, Jonathan D King3, Anthony W Solomon3, Marco A Biamonte4, Rhea N Coler5, Israel Cruz6, Veerle Lejon7, Bruno Levecke8, Fabricio K Marchini9, Michael Marks10, Pascal Millet11, Sammy M Njenga12, Rahmah Noordin13, René Paulussen14, Esvawaran Sreekumar15, Patrick J Lammie1.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: WHO; diagnostics; neglected tropical diseases; target product profiles
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33169166 PMCID： PMC7842105 DOI： 10.1093/trstmh/traa118
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0035-9203 Impact factor: 2.455