Cover; Contents; FOREWORD BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; SUMMARY; 1 THE GLOBAL PUBLIC-HEALTH AGENDA NOW EMBRACES NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES; 1.1 Recent developments in prevention and control; 1.2 The roadmap and the London declaration; 1.3 Opportunities for public-health programmes; 1.4 Costs of expanding activities; 1.5 WHO and the roadmap's targets; REFERENCES; 2 REACHING THE ROADMAP'S TARGETS; 2.1 Practical definitions of eradication, elimination and control; 2.2 Obstacles and risks to achieving targets; 2.2.1 Conflicts and population displacement
2.2.2 Population growth2.2.3 Vector control; 2.2.4 Resistance to medicines and pesticides; 2.2.5 Insufficient capacity for scaling up; 2.2.6 Expectations overtaking science; 2.2.7 Inadequate support for research; 2.2.8 Climate change; REFERENCES; 3 DISEASES; REFERENCES; WOMEN, CHILDREN AND NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES; Biological consequences; Sociocultural consequences; Stigma; REFERENCES; 3.1 Dengue; Introduction; Distribution; Impact; Strategy (roadmap targets and milestones); REFERENCES; 3.2 Rabies; Introduction; Distribution; Impact; Strategy (roadmap targets and milestones); REFERENCES
The second WHO report on neglected tropical diseases builds on the growing sense of optimismgenerated by the 2012 publication of the WHO Roadmap. Commitments on thepart of ministries of health in endemic countries global health initiatives fundingagencies and philanthropists have escalated since 2010 as have donations ofmedicines from pharmaceutical companies and the engagement of the scientificcommunity. This report marks a new phase and assesses opportunities and obstacles in thecontrol elimination and eradication of several of these diseases. Unprecedentedprogress over the past two years ha
