A Global Fund to Fight neglected tropical diseases: Is the G8 Hokkaido Toyako 2008 summit ready?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a   Molyneux, David H ^b   Fenwick, Alan ^c   Savioli, Lorenzo ^d   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; INSECTICIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; BED NET; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; FILARIASIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MALARIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS;

ASCARIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHURIASIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 48949118015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000220     Document Type: Editorial

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