Neglected tropical diseases: How strong is the evidence?

In recent years, especially due to the large scale efforts of the WHO, along with multiple stakeholders including the governments of the affected nations, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) have come under global spotlight. In January 2013, the WHO published the “Sustaining the drive to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases: second WHO report on neglected tropical diseases”1 which charted the progress achieved in the fight against NTDs.