Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, GA 30030, USA.
Consultant, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 28;115(2):129-135. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa118.
Accurate and reliable diagnostic tools are an essential requirement for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) programmes. However, the NTD community has historically underinvested in the development and improvement of diagnostic tools, potentially undermining the successes achieved over the last 2 decades. Recognizing this, the WHO, in its newly released draft roadmap for NTD 2021-2030, has identified diagnostics as one of four priority areas requiring concerted action to reach the 2030 targets. As a result, WHO established a Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) to serve as the collaborative mechanism to drive progress in this area. Here, the purpose and role of the DTAG are described in the context of the challenges facing NTD programmes.
准确可靠的诊断工具是被忽视的热带病(NTDs)规划的基本要求。然而,NTD 领域在过去的历史中一直对诊断工具的开发和改进投入不足,这可能会破坏过去 20 年来取得的成功。有鉴于此,世界卫生组织(WHO)在其新发布的 2021-2030 年被忽视的热带病路线图草案中,将诊断列为需要协同行动以实现 2030 年目标的四个优先领域之一。因此,世界卫生组织成立了一个诊断技术咨询小组(DTAG),作为推动这一领域进展的协作机制。在此,将根据 NTD 规划面临的挑战,描述 DTAG 的目的和作用。