01196nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260009300042653001200135653003200147653001200179653002700191653001000218653001500228653001300243100007900256245005100335856009200386300000700478520050500485       2013                            d  bAll-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical DiseasesaUnited Kingdom10aNigeria10aNeglected Tropical Diseases10aleprosy10aIntersectoral approach10aIndia10aDisability10aColombia1 aAll-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases A00aUK coalition against NTDs: Annual report 2013.  uhttps://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/schisto/Public/APPMG_UKCOALITION_ANNUALREPORT_2013.pdf  a163 a<p>NTDs must receive explicit attention within poverty reduction frameworks, particularly the successor framework to the MDGs. Universal health coverage offers an opportunity to incorporate NTDs into a basic package of care in response to citizen led health burdens. Moreover, NTDs efforts must be recognised as an opportunity to contribute to efforts to address the root causes of poverty, such as access to water and sanitation services, overcrowded living conditions and access to education.</p>