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    Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race – let’s not drop the baton

    Journal: International Health

    Summary

    This editorial provides the backdrop to an International Health special supplement on lessons from the Ascend West and Central Africa programme.

    The Ascend programme was UK Aid’s flagship initiative to tackle five neglected tropical diseases in 13 countries. The programme was implemented by a consortium of partners led by Sightsavers, along with the SCI Foundation, Mott MacDonald and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

    This editorial highlights the importance that UK Aid investment had in strengthening the capacity and resilience of national and regional health systems to control the spread of infectious diseases and eliminate them as public health problems.

    You can read all the papers in this special supplement on the International Health website.

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    Burkina Faso
    Central African Republic
    Cote D'Ivoire
    Democratic Republic of Congo
    Ghana
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Liberia
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Sierra Leone
    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs general)
    Publication details
    Date published
    21 September 2022
    Type
    Opinion piece
    Journal
    International Health
    Countries
    Benin
    Burkina Faso
    Central African Republic
    Cote D'Ivoire
    Democratic Republic of Congo
    Ghana
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Liberia
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Sierra Leone
    Themes/conditions
    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs general)
    Publication details
    Date published
    21 September 2022
    Type
    Opinion piece
    Journal
    International Health
    Countries
    Benin
    Burkina Faso
    Central African Republic
    Cote D'Ivoire
    Democratic Republic of Congo
    Ghana
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Liberia
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Sierra Leone
    Themes/conditions
    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs general)

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