Could violent conflict derail the London Declaration on NTDs?

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 12; no. 4; p. e0006136
• Main Authors: Du, Rebecca Y, Stanaway, Jeffrey D, Hotez, Peter J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19-04-2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Biology; Children; Concurrent infection; Derailments; Disease control; Displaced persons; Ebolavirus; Economic aspects; Evaluation; Financial institutions; Health aspects; Health care; Health services; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Medical technology; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microbiology; Mortality; Organizations; Parasitic diseases; Peace; Pediatrics; People and places; Policies; Poverty; Public policy; Social aspects; Social classes; Tropical climate; Tropical diseases; Vaccine development; Vaccines; Viewpoints; Virology; United States; Papua New Guinea; United States > US; Texas; Sudan
• ISSN: 1935-2735; 1935-2727; 1935-2735
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006136

About the Authors: Rebecca Y. Du Affiliation: Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America Jeffrey D. Stanaway Affiliation: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America Peter J. Hotez * E-mail: [e-mail] Affiliations Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, James A Baker III Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, Bush School of Public Policy and Public Service, College Station, Texas, United States of America ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-1042 Citation: Du RY, Stanaway JD, Hotez PJ (2018) Could violent conflict derail the London Declaration on NTDs? Partners included the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, and several pharmaceutical or medical technology organizations, including but not limited to Bayer, Merck KGaA, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Eisai [4, 5]. Conflict increases poverty by limiting economic opportunity (e.g., work permit limitations), reducing access to basic health services, undermining education, destroying assets, and limiting government social protection programs [48]. Prioritizing Healthcare Delivery in a Conflict Zone Comment on “TB/HIV Co-Infection Care in Conflict-Affected Settings: A Mapping of Health Facilities in the Goma Area, Democratic Republic of Congo.”