02620nas a2200433   4500000000100000008004100001653001400042653001500056653003900071653001200110100001400122700001200136700001600148700001400164700001400178700001400192700001100206700001200217700001200229700001200241700001700253700001100270700001300281700001400294700001600308700001300324700001300337700001200350700001300362700001400375700001500389700001300404245015200417856006800569300001000637490000600647520151900653022001402172       2014                            d10aTreatment10aPrevention10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)10aControl1 aWouters O1 aDowns P1 aZoerhoff KL1 aCrowley K1 aFrawley H1 aEinberg J1 aChu BK1 aBrady M1 aOscar R1 aJeudi M1 aDesormeaux A1 aColy K1 aDireny A1 aThakur GD1 aPokharel RK1 aSharma S1 aRaman DP1 aSesay S1 aSonnie M1 aKilembe B1 aMwingira U1 aYajima A00aResource planning for neglected tropical disease (NTD) control programs: feasibility study of the tool for integrated planning and costing (TIPAC).  uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1196/annals.1425.033/epdf  ae26190 v83 a<p>Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide and impose a large economic burden on endemic countries [1]. In 2006, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) founded the NTD Control Program to target five NTDs in African, Asian, and Latin American countries, namely, lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH), and trachoma; the three targeted STH infections are ascariasis, hookworm, and trichuriasis. The NTD Control Program supported national NTD control and elimination programs' efforts to integrate and scale up delivery of preventive chemotherapy (PC) [2]. PC is the administration of safe, single-dose drugs, either alone or in combination, as a public health intervention against targeted NTDs. Administration is characterized by population-based diagnosis,population-based treatment,and implementation at regular intervals. PC can be delivered as universal chemotherapy (i.e., mass drug administration [MDA]), where the entire population of an area is targeted; targeted chemotherapy, where only high-risk groups (e.g., school age children) are targeted; or selective chemotherapy, where only screened individuals found or suspected to be infected are targeted [3]. Between October 2006 and March 2012, the program provided 589 million NTD treatments through the collaborative efforts of ministries of health, implementing partners, funders, and pharmaceutical donation programs.</p>
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