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The early termination of the Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (Ascend) programme by the UK government in June 2021 was a bitter blow to countries in East and West Africa where no alternative source of funding existed. Here we assess the potential impact the cuts may have had if alternative funding had not been made available by new development partners and outline new strategies developed by affected countries to mitigate current and future disruptions to neglected tropical disease control programmes.

Original publication

DOI

10.1093/trstmh/trac109

Type

Journal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Publication Date

03/2023

Volume

117

Pages

237 - 239

Addresses

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Keywords

Humans, Tropical Medicine, Africa, Africa, Western, Neglected Diseases, United Kingdom