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Investing to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Third WHO Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015
Paperback
October 2015
9789241564861
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- Publisher
World Health Organization - Published
8th October 2015 - ISBN 9789241564861
- Language English
- Pages 53 pp.
- Size 8.25" x 11.75"
$30.00
The report brings a new dimension to long-term thinking about the future approach to a group of 17 neglected tropical diseases. For the first time, it sets out financing needs, options, and targets for meeting WHO Roadmap goals by 2020, but also for reaching universal coverage of all people in need by 2030.
The report makes one investment case for cost-effectiveness and a second investment case where equity is the focus. It sets targets for ending catastrophic health expenditures and, as part of the drive to strengthen health systems, for getting services closer to where people live.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.