ArticleHealth research policy and systems2010
Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 1: the ongoing neglect in the neglected tropical diseases.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Healthcare Policies to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in India: A Roadmap.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
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- Communication in Neglected Tropical Diseases' elimination: A scoping review and call for action.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Community perceptions and acceptability of mass drug administration for the control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia-Pacific countries: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Incorporating qualitative research methods into the monitoring and evaluation of neglected tropical disease programmes: a scoping literature review.International health · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a urogenital schistosomiasis behavioural intervention among students from rural schools in Unguja and Pemba islands, Zanzibar.Acta tropica · 2021Article
- Severely stigmatised skin neglected tropical diseases: a protocol for social science engagement.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020Article
- Village Response to Mass Drug Administration for Schistosomiasis in Mwanza Region, Northwestern Tanzania: Are We Missing Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Political Dimensions?The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Context of Climate Change in East Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- "Buruli ulcer and leprosy, they are intertwined": Patient experiences of integrated case management of skin neglected tropical diseases in Liberia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- How community engagement strategies shape participation in mass drug administration programmes for lymphatic filariasis: The case of Luangwa District, Zambia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated withJournal of parasitology research · 2019Article
- Using physical contact heterogeneity and frequency to characterize dynamics of human exposure to nonhuman primate bodily fluids in central Africa.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Biosocial Determinants of Persistent Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren in Tanzania despite Repeated Treatment.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2017Article
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Abstract
Centuries of scientific advances and developments in biomedical sciences have brought us a long way to understanding and managing disease processes, by reducing them to simplified cause-effect models. For most of the infectious diseases known today, we have the methods and technology to identify the causative agent, understand the mechanism by which pathology is induced and develop the treatment (drugs, vaccines, medical or surgical procedures) to cure, manage or control.Disease, however, occurs within a context of lives fraught with complexity. For any given infectious disease, who gets it, when, why, the duration, the severity, the outcome, the sequelae, are bound by a complex interplay of factors related as much to the individual as it is to the physical, social, cultural, political and economic environments. Furthermore each of these factors is in a dynamic state of change, evolving over time as they interact with each other. Simple solutions to infectious diseases are therefore rarely sustainable solutions. Sustainability would require the development of interdisciplinary sciences that allow us to acknowledge, understand and address these complexities as they occur, rather than rely solely on a form of science based on reducing the management of disease to simple paradigms.In this review we examine the current global health responses to the 'neglected' tropical diseases, which have been prioritised on the basis of an acknowledgment of the complexity of the poverty-disease cycle. However research and interventions for neglected tropical diseases, largely neglect the social and ecological contextual, factors that make these diseases persist in the target populations, continuing instead to focus on the simple biomedical interventions. We highlight the gaps in the approaches and explore the potential of enhanced interdisciplinary work in the development of long term solutions to disease control.
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