TY - JOUR
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Skin NTDs
KW - strategic framework
KW - WHO
AU - Yotsu RR
AU - Fuller LC
AU - Murdoch ME
AU - van Brakel WH
AU - Revankar C
AU - Barogui MYT
AU - Postigo JAR
AU - Dagne DA
AU - Asiedu K
AU - Hay RJ
AU - Al-Salem WS
AB - <p>On 8 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released pivotal guidance, “Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A strategic framework for integrated control and management of skin-related neglected tropical diseases.” Skin-related neglected tropical diseases, or skin NTDs, comprise a group of NTDs that produce signs and symptoms on the skin and include at least 9 diseases or disease groups. Moving away from disease-specific approaches, it is anticipated that synergies will be identified and integrated building on this shared feature, where possible, to achieve a greater health impact. This paper intends to draw attention to the prospects created by this scheme. The framework is a key basis for a proposal produced by WHO dedicated to skin NTD integration and describes the practical opportunities for this evolving strategy. It underlines the wider health benefits that will follow, thus working towards Universal Health Coverage and skin health for all.</p>

BT - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011357
IS - 6
LA - Eng
N2 - <p>On 8 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released pivotal guidance, “Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A strategic framework for integrated control and management of skin-related neglected tropical diseases.” Skin-related neglected tropical diseases, or skin NTDs, comprise a group of NTDs that produce signs and symptoms on the skin and include at least 9 diseases or disease groups. Moving away from disease-specific approaches, it is anticipated that synergies will be identified and integrated building on this shared feature, where possible, to achieve a greater health impact. This paper intends to draw attention to the prospects created by this scheme. The framework is a key basis for a proposal produced by WHO dedicated to skin NTD integration and describes the practical opportunities for this evolving strategy. It underlines the wider health benefits that will follow, thus working towards Universal Health Coverage and skin health for all.</p>

PB - Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PY - 2023
SP - 1
EP - 15
T2 - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
TI - A global call for action to tackle skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs) through integration: An ambitious step change
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011357&type=printable
VL - 17
SN - 1935-2735
ER -