Socioeconomic benefit to individuals of achieving 2020 targets for four neglected tropical diseases controlled/eliminated by innovative and intensified disease management: Human African trypanosomiasis, leprosy, visceral leishmaniasis, Chagas disease.

• Main Authors: Edeltraud J Lenk (Author), William K Redekop (Author), Marianne Luyendijk (Author), Christopher Fitzpatrick (Author), Louis Niessen (Author), Wilma A Stolk (Author), Fabrizio Tediosi (Author), Adriana J Rijnsburger (Author), Roel Bakker (Author), Jan A C Hontelez (Author), Jan H Richardus (Author), Julie Jacobson (Author), Epke A Le Rutte (Author), Sake J de Vlas (Author), Johan L Severens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The control or elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has targets defined by the WHO for 2020, reinforced by the 2012 London Declaration. We estimated the economic impact to individuals of meeting these targets for human African trypanosomiasis, leprosy, visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas...