People with disabilities and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are separately receiving increased focus. In light of this positive development, and the similarities and intersections between the negative impacts experienced by both people with disabilities and people with NTDs, we believe now is the right time to focus attention on the overlap between the two.
Louise Claire Hamill et al. People are neglected, not diseases: the relationship between disability and neglected tropical diseases. TRSTMH (2019) doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trz036. By permission of Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. For permissions, please email: [email protected]