Has the NTD Community Neglected Evidence-Based Policy?

Has the NTD Community Neglected Evidence-Based Policy?

Over the past decade, systematic reviews and explicit evidence-based approaches have replaced expert opinion as the basis for health policy [1]. In developing countries, the high disease burden coupled with limited financial resources for health requires governments, donors, and the public to choose between competing public health and clinical care options, and increasingly they turn to ‘‘evide...

Has the NTD Community Neglected Evidence-Based Policy? PLOS NTDs 2013 Expert Commentary of the Viewpoint by Nagpal S, Sinclair D, Garner P

In July 2013, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases will publish the viewpoint of members of the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group [1] on the scientific evidence supporting the public-health benefits of preventive chemotherapy [2] in the case of programmes against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), specifically those for the control and elimination of lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistos...

Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

1 Centre for Global Health, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom, 2 Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 3 Medecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthc...

Evidence based policy or policy based evidence?

Community based interventions for the prevention and control of Non-Helmintic NTD

In this paper, we aim to systematically analyze the effectiveness of community based interventions (CBI) for the prevention and control of non-helminthic diseases including dengue, trypanosomiasis, chagas, leishmaniasis, buruli ulcer, leprosy and trachoma. We systematically reviewed literature published up to May 2013 and included 62 studies in this review. Findings from our review suggest that...