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Utility of repeated praziquantel dosing in the treatment of schistosomiasis i...
Background Controversy persists about the optimal approach to drug-based control of schistosomiasis in high-risk communities. In a systematic review of published studies, we... -
Impact of Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Co...
Background Measuring the impact of capacity strengthening support is a priority for the international development community. Several frameworks exist for monitoring and... -
Economical value of vaccines for the developing countries--the case of Instit...
these institutions maintained scientific research programs but had limited capability for meeting good manufacturing practices (GMPs) in vaccine production. The implementation... -
Maternal serologic screening to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis: a decision-...
Objective To determine a cost-minimizing option for congenital toxoplasmosis in the United States. Methodology/Principal Findings A decision-analytic and cost-minimization model... -
Epidemiologic Models, Key Logs, and Realizing the Promise of WHA 54.19
During the late 1800s, when trees were cut by handsaw and the logs floated down river by the hundreds to be milled, they occasionally jammed. Skilled lumberjacks could often... -
A Systematic Approach to Capacity Strengthening of Laboratory Systems for Con...
Background The lack of capacity in laboratory systems is a major barrier to achieving the aims of the London Declaration (2012) on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). To counter... -
A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Towards Control and Elimin...
Human helminthiases are of considerable public health importance in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The acknowledgement of the disease burden due to helminth... -
Projecting the long-term impact of school- or community-based mass-treatment ...
Background Schistosomiasis remains a significant health burden in many areas of the world. Morbidity control, focused on limiting infection intensity through periodic delivery... -
Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis: A "Mass Uprising of Compassion"
Hospitals and medical centers often cite compassion as a core value in their mission statements. In contrast, the importance of compassion in global health is rarely... -
A regulatory structure for working with genetically modified mosquitoes: less...
Policy Platform A Regulatory Structure for Working with Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Lessons from Mexico Janine M. Ramsey 1 , J. Guillermo Bond 1 , Maria Elena Macotela 1 ,... -
Unleashing "civilian power": a new American diplomacy through neglected tropi...
In a November/December 2010 article published in the influential journal Foreign Affairs, United States Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton articulated a new vision for... -
An interfaith dialogue on the neglected tropical diseases.
Most of the world's neglected tropical diseases occur among populations that adhere to Islam, Catholicism, or Hinduism, an observation that affords opportunities to establish a...
