World NTD Day 2022: Article Collection

28 Jan 2022

More than one in five people worldwide are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), resulting in over 1.7 billion people facing ill health and stigma, disability and even death. The group of 20 conditions are widespread in the world’s poorest regions, where water safety, sanitation and access to health care are not good enough. 

This Sunday is World NTD Day (30 January 2022), this global day aims to mobilise political will and secure commitments to eliminate NTDs in support of the WHO’s NTD Roadmap 2021-2030, including the elimination of at least 1 NTD from 100 countries by 2030. 

To mark World NTD Day, we have put together a together a collection of papers from Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health on NTDs. These articles will be freely available until 27 February 2022. 

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030  
Mwelecele N Malecela, Camilla Ducker 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 2, February 2021, Pages 121–123

Evaluating the potential impact of interruptions to neglected tropical disease programmes due to COVID-19 
T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Pauline Mwinzi, Andreia Vasconcelos, Sake J de Vlas
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 3, March 2021, Pages 201–204

Neglected tropical disease control in a world with COVID-19: an opportunity and a necessity for innovation  
Simon J Brooker, Kundai Ziumbe, Nebiyu Negussu, Siobhan Crowley, Mona Hammami 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 3, March 2021, Pages 205–207

Delays in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes due to COVID-19, and possible mitigation strategies  
Joaquín M Prada, Wilma A Stolk, Emma L Davis, Panayiota Touloupou, Swarnali Sharma ... 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 3, March 2021, Pages 261–268

Disability, mental health, stigma and discrimination and neglected tropical diseases  
Hannah Kuper 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 2, February 2021, Pages 145–146

The use of traditional medicines among mycetoma patients  
Ezzan Kunna, Taro Yamamoto, Ahmed Fahal 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 4, April 2021, Pages 297–306

Podoconiosis, skin-NTDs and global health  
Kingsley Asiedu, Michael Marks, Roderick Hay 
Transactions of The Royal Society of TropicMedicine and Hygiene, Volume 114, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 887–888

Podoconiosis: key priorities for research and implementation  
Kebede Deribe, Charles D Mackenzie, Melanie J Newport, Daniel Argaw, David H Molyneux ... 
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 114, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 889–895

We also have recent Special Issues from Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene on the subject of NTDs. 

International Health

Setting the stage for a Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: the first 125 years (1875–2000)  
Eric A Ottesen, John Horton 
International Health, Volume 13, Issue Supplement_1, January 2021

The role of medicine donations in the global programme for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis  
Tijana Williams, Rachel Taylor, Minne Iwamoto, Takayuki Hida, Fabian Gusovsky 
International Health, Volume 13, Issue Supplement_1, January 2021, Pages S39–S43

Caring for patients in the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis  
Charles D Mackenzie, Sunny Mante 
International Health, Volume 13, Issue Supplement_1, January 2021, Pages S48–S54

 

A call for papers

The RSTMH journals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and International Health, are looking for submissions of original research papers and reviews in all areas of NTD research. 

To submit a paper and to view our author instructions visit:  
www.editorialmanager.com/trstmh (Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene) or www.editorialmanager.com/inthealth (International Health)