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Working to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases : first WHO report on neglected tropical diseases

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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 793 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neglected tropical diseases.

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The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.

TL;DR: The publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 and the accompanying collection of Lancet articles in December 2012 provided the most comprehensive attempt to quantify the burden of almost 300 diseases, injuries, and risk factors, including neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
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Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination.

TL;DR: An agenda for the elimination of schistosomiasis would aim to identify the gaps in knowledge, and define the tools, strategies and guidelines that will help national control programmes move towards elimination, including an internationally accepted mechanism that allows verification/confirmation of elimination.
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The global burden of urinary bladder cancer: an update

TL;DR: An overview of the current incidence, mortality, prevalence, survival, risk factors and costs of bladder cancer worldwide is provided.
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Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis

TL;DR: Sustainable elimination of the gambiense HAT, defined as the interruption of the transmission of the disease, was considered as a feasible target for 2030, since rhodesiense H AT is a zoonosis, where the animal reservoir plays a key role, and the interruptionOf the disease’s transmission is not deemed feasible.
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