World NTD Day 2025: Article Collection
This Thursday is World NTD Day (30 January 2025), a global day that aims to raise the profile NTDs, highlight the suffering they cause to the estimated 1.5 billion people affected by them, and to garner support for their control, elimination or eradication, in line with the programmatic targets set out in the NTD road map 2021-2030.
The theme of this year is 'Unite. Act. Eliminate.' which calls on governments, the public and the global health community to join the global NTD community, foster commitment, resources and guidance, and to work together to end NTDs.
As a proud partner of World NTD Day, we here at RSTMH have put together a collection of papers from our two journals Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and International Health on NTDs. The below articles have been made freely available for a month.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Understanding noma: WHO's recognition and the path forward in global health.
Prakasini Satapathy, Sarvesh Rustagi, Pawan Kumar, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shilpa Gaidhane, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Abhay M Gaidhane, Mehrab Neyazi, Ahmad Neyazi.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 625–628, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae031
Towards enhanced control of mycetoma: a roadmap to achieve the UN's sustainable development goals by 2030.
Ahmed Fahal, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Dallas J Smith, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Borna Nyaoke, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Kingsley Asiedu, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Fabiana Falves, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Supriya Warusavithanas, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Daniel Argaw, on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group Roderick Hay on behalf of the Global Mycetoma Working Group.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 10, October 2024, Pages 646–651, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae016
Exploring the latency period in Chagas disease: duration and determinants in a cohort from Colombia
Mario Javier Olivera, Lyda Muñoz
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 7, July 2024, Pages 440–447, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae004
Clinico-epidemiological profiling of dengue patients in a non-endemic region of Bangladesh.
Md Mohiuddin Khan, Md Abdul Hannan Miah, Mohammad Khurshed Alam, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Md Atikur Rahman, Ramim Islam Ibne Noor, Ershad Mondal, A H M Shalakin Mamun, Md Rasel, Md Rubaiyat Tasfin Talukder, Salwa Islam, Mohammad Jahid Hasan.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 119, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 58–64, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae074
Cost-effectiveness of One Health interventions for rabies elimination: a systematic review.
Zinia T Nujum, Miqdad Asaria, Karishma Krishna Kurup, Malathi Mini, Sumit Mazumdar, Monal Daptardar, Harish Tiwari.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 4, April 2024, Pages 223–233, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trad074
Analysis of spatial and demographic factors associated with chikungunya in Espírito Santo state, Brazil.
Marcus Vinicius Salvador Clipes, Creuza Rachel Vicente, Theresa Cristina Cardoso da Silva, Lilyan Correia Resende, Crispim Cerutti Junior.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 118, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 597–604, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae019
Conflict between sea snakes and humans on the coast of West Bengal and Odisha, India: perception, attitudes and incidents.
Anweshan Patra, Ardhendu Das Mahapatra, Anita Malhotra, Vishal Santra, Sudipta Kumar Ghorai, D Annadurai.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trae086, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae086
Perceptions, attitudes and practices towards scabies in communities on the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau.
Maria João Lopes, Eunice Teixeira da Silva, Janete Ca, Adriana Gonçalves, Amabelia Rodrigues, Cristóvão Mandjuba, Jose Nakutum, Umberto D’Alessandro, Jane Achan, James Logan, Robin Bailey, Anna Last, Steve Walker, Michael Marks.
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 114, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 49–56, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz102
Assessment of health care workers’ knowledge, attitude and risk perception of Buruli ulcer disease in Southern Nigeria
Ngozi Ekeke, Anthony O. Meka, Joseph N. Chukwu, Charles C. Nwafor, Chukwuka Alphonsus, Obinna K. Mbah, Nelson O. Madichie, Ufuoma Aduh, Matthew Ogbeifo, Bola O. IseOluwa-Adelokiki, Joseph E. Edochie, Joseph Ushaka, Kingsley N. Ukwaja
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 111, Issue 5, May 2017, Pages 226–232, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trx049
Foodborne trematodes: a diverse and challenging group of neglected parasites
Trevor N. Petney, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Ross H. Andrews, Joanne P. Webster
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 110, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 1–3, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv112
International Health
Impact of basic psychological support on stigma and mental well-being of people with disabilities due to leprosy and lymphatic filariasis: a proof-of-concept study.
Ashok Agarwal, Pradeepta K Nayak, Wim H van Brakel, Robin van Wijk, Amit Jain, Heleen Broekkamp, Marente M Mol, Chandra Pati Mishra.
International Health, Volume 15, Issue Supplement_3, December 2023, Pages iii59–iii69, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad096
Progress towards the elimination of trachoma in Nigeria.
Caleb D Mpyet, Nicholas Olobio, Sunday Isiyaku, Teyil Wamyil-Mshelia, Grace Ajege, Christopher Ogoshi, Francisca Olamiju, Ijeoma Achu, Mohammed Dantani Adamu, Nasiru Muhammad, Aliyu Mohammed Jabo, Philomena Orji, Adamani William, Alice Venyir Ramyil, Ana Bakhtiari, Sarah Boyd, Michaela Kelly, Cristina Jimenez, Amir Bedri Kello, Anthony W Solomon, Emma M Harding-Esch, Paul Courtright.
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 112–121, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae035
Navigating the way to onchocerciasis elimination: the feasibility and affordability of Onchocerciasis Elimination Mapping.
Louise Hamill, Guillaume Trotignon, Charles MacKenzie, Becks Hill, Alex Pavluck, Dyesse Yumba, Sunday Isiyaku, Adamani William, Audrey Nyior, Michael Igbe, Chukwuma Anyaike, Joel Akilah, David Agyemang, Benjamin Marfo, Philip Downs, Iain Jones.
International Health, Volume 14, Issue Supplement_1, April 2022, Pages i17–i23, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab083
Stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: development of a conceptual framework.
Hasara Nuwangi, Lisa Dikomitis, Kosala G Weerakoon, Chandani Liyanage, Thilini C Agampodi, Suneth B Agampodi.
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 5, September 2024, Pages 553–561, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae021
High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis among primary schoolchildren in Southwest Ethiopia: the need for health strategies alongside mass drug administration.
Asrat Meleko, Dorin Brener Turgeman, Naomi Caplan, Sarit Baum, Nisan K Zerai, Willemijn Zaadnoordijk, Michal Bruck, Galia Sabar, Zvi Bentwich, Rachel Golan.
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 5, September 2024, Pages 529–533, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad083
Keeping communities at the centre of efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: learning from the past to reach a future free of lymphatic filariasis.
Alison Krentel, Margaret Gyapong, Deborah A McFarland, Olumide Ogundahunsi, Christiana R Titaley, David G Addi.
International Health, Volume 13, Issue Supplement_1, January 2021, Pages S55–S59, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaa086
Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis and associated risk factors among humans in Khartoum State, Central Sudan.
Mohamed E Ahmed, Sara Siddig Abdalla, Ibrahim A Adam, Martin P Grobusch, Imadeldin E Aradaib.
International Health, Volume 13, Issue 4, July 2021, Pages 327–333, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaa059