[EQ] New PLoS Journal: Neglected Tropical Diseases- Turning point in the long and notorious history of some of humanity's oldest diseases

Launch Issue of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: A New Voice for the Poor

 

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) launched PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

 

Website: http://www.plosntds.org, November 2007

An open-access journal specifically devoted to raising the profile of the ancient diseases of poverty, such as river blindness,
elephantiasis, hookworm, leprosy, and schistosomiasis.

 

Largely confined to the unseen rural areas of the developing world, the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which are chronic, disabling, and often stigmatizing, have for centuries been the forgotten diseases of forgotten people. The new journal, supported by a start-up grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to help turn back this tide of neglect.

 

Editorial

A New Voice for the Poor

Peter Hotez at: http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000077

 

A Turning Point in the History of Humanity's Oldest Diseases: Guest Commentary by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan

Margaret Chan at; http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000065

 

Research Ethics and Reporting Standards at PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Gavin Yamey at: http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000069

 

 

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