Previous studies of anemia epidemiology have been geographically limited with little detail
about severity or etiology. Using publicly available data, we estimated mild, moderate, and …

Background Quantifying the burden of parasitic diseases in relation to other diseases and
injuries requires reliable estimates of prevalence for each disease and an analytic framework …

The publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) and the accompanying
collection of Lancet articles in December 2012 provided the most comprehensive …

Background Understanding the global limits of transmission of soil-transmitted helminth (STH)
species is essential for quantifying the population at-risk and the burden of disease. This …

Reliable, sensitive and practical diagnostic tests are an essential tool in disease control
programmes for mapping, impact evaluation and surveillance. To provide a robust global …

Purpose: To complete the baseline trachoma map worldwide by conducting population-based
surveys in an estimated 1238 suspected endemic districts of 34 countries. Methods: A …

School‐age children have attracted relatively little attention as a group in need of special
measures to protect them against malaria. However, increasing success in lowering the level of …

Background Understanding geographic inequalities in coverage of drinking-water supply
and sanitation (WSS) will help track progress towards universal coverage of water and …

Background The London Declaration on neglected tropical diseases was based in part on a
new World Health Organization roadmap to “sustain, expand and extend drug access …

Background Although chronic morbidity in humans from soil transmitted helminth (STH)
infections can be reduced by anthelmintic treatment, inconsistent diagnostic tools make it difficult …