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Int Health. 2022 Sep 21;14(Suppl 2):ii7-ii19. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac045.
The neglected tropical disease (NTD) sector is adapting to the uncertain circumstances of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The development of the Risk Assessment and Mitigation Action (RAMA) tool was driven by partners of the programme Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of NTDs (hereafter called Ascend) to enable countries to recommence NTD activities following the World Health Organization advisories of April and July 2020. This article explores the advantages of the RAMA process for NTD delivery.
The analysis used interview transcripts with NTD practitioners in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria and results from the monitoring of compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures in Nigeria.
Three themes emerged from the results: adaptability and innovation, collaboration and government ownership and preparedness.
The advantages of the RAMA tool suggest its importance in mitigating the transmission of COVID-19 during NTD delivery. There is the potential for the tool to be adapted for use throughout future pandemics.
被忽视的热带病（NTD）领域正在适应 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的不确定情况。风险评估和缓解行动计划（RAMA）工具的开发是由加速可持续控制和消除 NTD 计划（以下简称 Ascend）的合作伙伴推动的，以使各国能够在 2020 年 4 月和 7 月世界卫生组织的建议之后重新开展 NTD 活动。本文探讨了 RAMA 流程在 NTD 实施中的优势。
分析使用了科特迪瓦、几内亚、利比里亚和尼日利亚的 NTD 从业者的访谈记录以及尼日利亚 COVID-19 缓解措施监测结果。
结果产生了三个主题：适应性和创新性、合作以及政府的自主权和准备情况。
RAMA 工具的优势表明其在减轻 NTD 实施过程中 COVID-19 传播方面的重要性。该工具有可能适应未来的大流行使用。
