Neglected tropical diseases and the sustainable development goals: an urgent call for action from the front line

Affiliations

• ¹ Medical parasitology and internal medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
• ² Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
• ³ Internal medicine, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• ⁴ Research and training, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
• ⁵ Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
• ⁶ Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ⁷ Malaria, neglected tropical and zoonotic diseases, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• ⁸ Boru Meda Hospital, Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Amhara, Ethiopia.
• ⁹ Health programme, The Jimmy Carter Center, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
• ¹⁰ Center for Operational Research, International Union Against TB and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
• ¹¹ Tropical medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
• ¹² Research for implementation, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ¹³ Operational research (LUXOR), Médecins Sans Frontierès (LuxOR), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
• ¹⁴ Institute of health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
• ¹⁵ Center for operational research, International Union Against TB and Lung Disease, Nairobi, Kenya.
• ¹⁶ Medical research, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
• ¹⁷ Center for operational research, International Union Against TB and Lung Disease, Harare, Zimbabwe.
• ¹⁸ Research Policy, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ¹⁹ Clinical monitoring, KalaCORE Program, Amigos Da Silva, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
• ²⁰ Monitoring and evaluation, Light House Trust, Paris, France.
• ²¹ Dermatology and Veneriology, Bahar Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
• ²² Clinical Sciences, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Antwerpen, Belgium.
• ²³ Malaria and neglected tropical diseases, World Health Organisation Country Office, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.