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21591302

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
The sixth MDG aims 'to combat HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and other diseases'. The residual category of 'other diseases' has become the focus of intense interest, partly because it has provided an opportunity to increase resources for the control of the mostly parasitic 'neglected tropical diseases' (NTDs). Intense lobbying has secured large amounts of funding from donors, as well as generous donations of medicines from the major drug companies. A massive programme is now underway to treat the parasites of the poor in Africa via integrated vertical interventions of mass drug administration in endemic areas. The approach has been hailed as remarkably effective, with claims that there is now a real prospect of complete control and, for some NTDs, even elimination. However, a closer look at evaluation and research data reveals that much less is known about what is being achieved than is suggested. Competition between implementing organisations is leading to potentially counterproductive exaggerations about treatment coverage. Detailed local-level research in Uganda and Tanzania shows that actual rates of drug take-up among target populations are often lower than is necessary to effectively control the diseases, and that methods of drug distribution may even lead to active resistance to treatment. If current trends are not corrected, declining rates of NTD infection will not be sustained. Much more rigorous and effective monitoring is essential.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
Q
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0143-6597
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
HMD
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-117
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The "other diseases" of the Millennium Development Goals: rhetoric and reality of free drug distribution to cure the poor's parasites.
pubmed:affiliation
London School of Economics.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article