Background Control and elimination strategies for trachoma, lymphatic filariasis,
onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infection have …

As national programmes respond to the new opportunities presented for scaling up
preventive chemotherapy programmes for the coadministration of drugs to target lymphatic …

The rapid expansion of chemotherapy-based control programmes for neglected tropical
diseases has been catalysed by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation …

A principle approach to the control of some of the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs),
including lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminth …

This year, through mass drug administration, hundreds of millions of the world's poorest
people will receive a single annual dose of one or more drugs to treat their parasitic worm …

Background Lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted
helminths, and trachoma are the five most prevalent neglected tropical diseases in the …

Background There are few detailed data on the geographic distribution of most neglected
tropical diseases (NTDs) in post-conflict Southern Sudan. To guide intervention by the …

There is growing interest and commitment to the control of schistosomiasis and other so-
called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Resources for control are inevitably limited …

The drive to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has had many successes but to
reach defined targets new approaches are required. Over the last decade, NTD control …

An expanded global focus on the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs) has called attention to the need to develop and validate surveillance strategies that …