NTDs V.2.0: "Blue Marble Health"-Neglected Tropical Disease Control and Elimination in a Shifting Health Policy Landscape

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POVERTY; TREMATODIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84888230060     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002570     Document Type: Article

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