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Neglected Tropical Disease Control – The Case for Adaptive, Location-specific Solutions

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Mark Booth

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Abstract

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd The world is experiencing environmental and social change at an unprecedented rate, with the effects being felt at local, regional, and international scales. This phenomenon may disrupt interventions against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that operate on the basis of linear scaling and ‘one-size-fits-all’. Here we argue that investment in field-based data collection and building modelling capacity is required; that it is important to consider unintended consequences of interventions; that inferences can be drawn from wildlife ecology; and that interventions should become more location-specific. Collectively, these ideas underpin the development of adaptive decision-support tools that are sufficiently flexible to address emerging issues within the Anthropocene.

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Author(s): Booth M, Clements A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Trends in Parasitology

Year: 2018

Volume: 34

Issue: 4

Pages: 272-282

Print publication date: 01/04/2018

Online publication date: 27/02/2018

Acceptance date: 02/04/2016

ISSN (print): 1471-4922

ISSN (electronic): 1471-5007

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2018.02.001

DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.02.001

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