[EQ] Which New Approaches to Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases Show Promise?

Which New Approaches to Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases Show Promise?

 

Jerry M. Spiegel 1,2,3, Shafik Dharamsi 2,3,4, Kishor M. Wasan 5, Annalee Yassi 1,6, Burton Singer7, Peter J. Hotez 8, Christy Hanson 9, Donald A. P. Bundy10

1 School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2 Centre for International Health, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 3 Liu Institute for Global Issues, College for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 4 Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 5 Division of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 6 Global Health Research Program, College for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 7 Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, 8 George Washington University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, and Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 9 United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C., United States of America, 10 The World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America

PLoS Medicine - May 2010 - Volume 7 - Issue 5 - e1000255

Available online at: http://bit.ly/bvfU5K

“…..This PLoS Medicine Debate examines the different approaches that can be taken to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Some commentators, like Jerry Spiegel and colleagues from the University of British Columbia, feel there has been too much focus on the biomedical mechanisms and drug development for NTDs, at the expense of attention to the social determinants of disease. Burton Singer argues that this represents another example of the inappropriate “overmedicalization” of contemporary tropical disease control. Peter Hotez and colleagues, in contrast, argue that the best return on investment will continue to be mass drug administration for NTDs…..”

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