Control of neglected tropical diseases in Burundi: partnerships, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned after four years of programme implementation

Onésime Ndayishimiye; Giuseppina Ortu; Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes; Archie Clements; Johan Willems; Jane Whitton; Warren Lancaster; Adrian Hopkins; Alan Fenwick

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002684

Control of neglected tropical diseases in Burundi: partnerships, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned after four years of programme implementation

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 May 1;8(5):e2684. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002684. eCollection 2014 May.

Authors

Onésime Ndayishimiye¹, Giuseppina Ortu², Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes³, Archie Clements³, Johan Willems⁴, Jane Whitton², Warren Lancaster⁵, Adrian Hopkins⁶, Alan Fenwick²

Affiliations

¹ Programme National Intégré de lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Négligées et la Cécité (PNIMTNC) - Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la lutte contre le SIDA, Bujumbura, Burundi.
² Schistosomiasis Control Initiative - Imperial College, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom.
³ University of Queensland, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, School of Population Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ CBM Regional Office for Central Africa, Parklands, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ END Fund/Geneva Global, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Mectizan Donation Programme, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Burundi
Communicable Disease Control* / methods
Communicable Disease Control* / organization & administration
Humans
Neglected Diseases / drug therapy
Neglected Diseases / prevention & control*
Tropical Medicine* / methods
Tropical Medicine* / organization & administration

Grants and funding

The NTD programme in Burundi was supported by the investment group Legatum and Geneva Global. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.