National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China.
National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China; School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Acta Trop. 2022 Feb;226:106245. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106245. Epub 2021 Nov 25.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are important health problem in tropical and sub-tropical regions, which afflict more than a billion people worldwide and cause several million deaths every year, especially in Africa. The World Health Organization has called for global efforts to control and eliminate NTDs. China began its health assistance program from 1950s, especially on medical mission dispatched to more than 50 African countries. In this study, a SWOT analysis was used to analyze the current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of China's health assistance relating to NTDs, in order to provide the recommendation to promote the activities on international assistance and cooperation on NTDs. Based on this analysis, interventions for NTDs and suggestions for future cooperation relating to NTDs are proposed. In the context of global health, China should strengthen and improve the capacity on health assistance for NTDs control.
被忽视的热带病（NTDs）是热带和亚热带地区的一个重要健康问题，全球有超过 10 亿人受到影响，每年导致数百万人死亡，特别是在非洲。世界卫生组织呼吁全球努力控制和消除 NTDs。中国从 20 世纪 50 年代开始其卫生援助计划，特别是向 50 多个非洲国家派遣医疗任务。在这项研究中，采用 SWOT 分析方法分析了中国与 NTDs 相关的卫生援助的当前优势、劣势、机会和威胁，以提供建议，促进 NTDs 的国际援助和合作活动。基于此分析，提出了 NTDs 的干预措施和未来合作建议。在全球卫生背景下，中国应加强和改善 NTDs 控制方面的卫生援助能力。
