Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
University of Ghana Medical Centre, Legon Accra, Ghana.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 28;115(2):169-175. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trab015.
The history of the neglected tropical disease movement is seen through the lens of authors who worked during the last 4 decades in different roles and in different settings, from Western-based laboratories to clinical roles in endemic countries and in critical policy roles in the World Health Organization (WHO). The authors seek to identify key players from the introduction of the word 'neglected' by the late Kenneth Warren in his Rockefeller Foundation-supported Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind movement through to the more recent developments after the London Declaration of 2012. The role of the various actors-endemic countries, major pharmaceutical companies, the WHO, non-government development organizations, bilateral donors and academia-are discussed. The critical events and decisions are highlighted that were essential enabling factors in creating a viable and successful movement and with a resultant massive global public health and antipoverty impact. The importance of advocacy is emphasized in creating the momentum to establish a globally recognized public health 'brand' as a target in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
通过在过去 40 年中以不同角色和在不同环境中工作的作者的视角，可以看到被忽视的热带病运动的历史，这些作者包括来自西方实验室的、在流行地区担任临床角色的以及在世界卫生组织（WHO）担任关键政策角色的。作者试图从已故的肯尼斯·沃伦（Kenneth Warren）在洛克菲勒基金会支持的“人类重大被忽视疾病”运动中引入“被忽视”一词开始，一直到 2012 年伦敦宣言之后的最新发展，确定关键参与者。讨论了流行国家、主要制药公司、世界卫生组织、非政府发展组织、双边捐助者和学术界等各种行为者的作用。强调了关键事件和决策，这些事件和决策是创建可行且成功运动的必要促成因素，并带来了巨大的全球公共卫生和扶贫影响。倡导在为联合国可持续发展目标建立一个全球公认的公共卫生“品牌”作为目标方面的重要性。
