How modelling can help steer the course set by the World Health Organization 2021-2030 roadmap on neglected tropical diseases.
Clark, Jessica;
Stolk, Wilma A;
Basáñez, María-Gloria;
Coffeng, Luc E;
Cucunubá, Zulma M;
Dixon, Matthew A;
Dyson, Louise;
Hampson, Katie;
Marks, Michael;
Medley, Graham F;
+6 more...Pollington, Timothy M;
Prada, Joaquin M;
Rock, Kat S;
Salje, Henrik;
Toor, Jaspreet;
Hollingsworth, T Déirdre;
(2021)
How modelling can help steer the course set by the World Health Organization 2021-2030 roadmap on neglected tropical diseases.
Gates open research, 5.
112-.
ISSN 2572-4754
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13327.2
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The World Health Organization recently launched its 2021-2030 roadmap, Ending the Neglect to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals , an updated call to arms to end the suffering caused by neglected tropical diseases. Modelling and quantitative analyses played a significant role in forming these latest goals. In this collection, we discuss the insights, the resulting recommendations and identified challenges of public health modelling for 13 of the target diseases: Chagas disease, dengue, gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis, rabies, scabies, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH), Taenia solium taeniasis/ cysticercosis, trachoma, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and yaws. This piece reflects the three cross-cutting themes identified across the collection, regarding the contribution that modelling can make to timelines, programme design, drug development and clinical trials.