Sustaining the gains achieved by national neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs: How can we build NTD program country ownership and sustainability?

Affiliations

• ¹ Mectizan Donation Program, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.
• ² Formerly with the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.
• ³ Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.
• ⁴ Consultant to the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.
• ⁵ Office of Corporate Responsibility, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America.
• ⁶ Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
• ⁷ Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
• ⁸ University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
• ⁹ Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care, Lomé, Togo.
• ¹⁰ Formerly with the Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
• ¹¹ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.