International Recommendations
Neglected Tropical Diseases (2015)
Published by Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
G7 Science Academies’ Statement 2015
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Healthcare
- Infection Control
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Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of infections that affect mainly the poorest and place an economic burden on lowand middle-income countries. In principle, NTDs are preventable, treatable, controllable and some even eradicable. Moreover, most interventions against NTDs are highly cost-effective. To make progress toward preventing, controlling and eliminating NTDs, the G7 Academies of Sciences call for:
- (1) increasing efforts to empower and build capacity in affected countries to deal with these diseases,
- (2) intensifying research on NTDs,
- (3) developing and delivering affordable and accessible treatments, and
- (4) NTDs to be fully accounted for in the Sustainable Development Goals.