Urgent needs in fostering neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) laboratory capacity in WHO Western Pacific Region: results from the external quality assessment on NTDs diagnosis in 2012-2015

• Main Authors: Yan Lu (Author), Glenda Gonzales (Author), Shao-Hong Chen (Author), Hao Li (Author), Yu-Chun Cai (Author), Yan-Hong Chu (Author), Lin Ai (Author), Mu-Xin Chen (Author), Hai-Ning Chen (Author), Jia-Xu Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a heterogeneous group of mainly chronic, debilitating and often stigmatizing diseases that largely affects low-income and politically marginalized populations, causing a large burden of public health, social and economies in the NTDs endemic...