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- Title
Resource Planning for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control Programs: Feasibility Study of the Tool for Integrated Planning and Costing (TIPAC).
- Authors
Wouters, Olivier J.; Downs, Philip W.; Zoerhoff, Kathryn L.; Crowley, Kathryn R.; Frawley, Hannah; Einberg, Jennifer; Chu, Brian K.; Brady, Molly A.; Oscar, Roland; Jeudi, Mireille; Desormeaux, Anne-Marie; Coly, Karleen; Direny, Abdel N.; Thakur, Garib D.; Pokharel, Raj K.; Sharma, Shekhar; Raman, Dharmpal P.; Sesay, Santigie; Sonnie, Mustapha; Kilembe, Bernard
- Abstract
The article presents a study which aims at developing a tool for the resource planning for the neglected tropical disease (NTD) control programs. Various types of NTDs includes lymphatic filariasis (LF), schistosomiasis and trachoma. The NTDs are increasing rate of mortality and morbidity in endemic countries. Information on the four phases of the Tool for Integrated Planning and Costing (TIPAC), a tool designed for analyzing NTD programs is presented.
- Subjects
TROPICAL medicine; FILARIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; MORTALITY; RESOURCE allocation; COST accounting
- Publication
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1935-2727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0002619