TY - JOUR AU - Engels, Dirk AU - Zhou, Xiao-Nong PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/28 TI - Neglected tropical diseases: an effective global response to local poverty-related disease priorities JO - Infectious Diseases of Poverty SP - 10 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have long been overlooked in the global health agenda. They are intimately related to poverty, cause important local burdens of disease, but individually do not represent global priorities. Yet, NTDs were estimated to affect close to 2 billion people at the turn of the millennium, with a collective burden equivalent to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria. A global response was therefore warranted. SN - 2049-9957 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-0630-9 DO - 10.1186/s40249-020-0630-9 ID - Engels2020 ER -