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Table of Contents
What Are Neglected Tropical Diseases?
Targeted Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
WHO
Literature (Various Writings)
Achievements at Conferences, Workshops etc.
WHO(World Health Organization) Report
Theme Related Links
Newspaper Articles


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What Are Neglected Tropical Diseases?

Neglected Tropical Diseases (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neglected_tropical_diseases


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Targeted Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Buruli Ulcer
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs199/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/buruli-ulcer/index.html

Chagas Disease
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs340/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/

Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs376/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/cysticercosis/

Dengue and Severe Dengue
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/dengue/

Dracunculiasis (Guinea-Worm Disease)
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs359/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/guineaworm/

Echinococcosis
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs377/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/echinococcosis/

Yaws
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs316/en/

Foodborne Trematodiases
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs368/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/fasciola/

Trypanosomiasis, Human African (Sleeping Sickness)
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/

Leishmaniasis
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs375/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/leishmaniasis/

Leprosy
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/

Lymphatic Filariasis
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs102/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/

Onchocerciasis
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs374/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/onchocerciasis/

Rabies
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs099/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/rabies/

Schistosomiasis
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs115/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schistosomiasis/

Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs366/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sth/

Trachoma
WHOFhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs382/en/
CDCFhttp://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/diseases/trachoma_burden.html


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WHO

HOTEZ Peter J.
NIIYAMA Tomoki


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Literature (Various Writings)

NIIYAMA Tomoki (Ed.) March 25, 2015 Illnesses, Medical Care and Disabilities in Africa: Through Seminars in the "Africa in Front of Us" Series, Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.23, 168p. ISSN 1882-6539

NIIYAMA Tomoki September 10, 2014@Neglected Tropical Diseases and International Cooperation: What Can a Small NGO Do to Help Buruli Ulcer Patients?CGakubunsha, 178p.@ISBN-10:4762024732@ISBN-13:978-4762024733@3800 yen{tax@[amazon]^[kinokuniya]

HOTEZ Peter J.@2013@Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and their Impact on Global Health and Development, 2nd EditionCASM Press, 178p.@ISBN-10:1555818749@ISBN-13:978-1555818746@[amazon]^[kinokuniya]

NIIYAMA Tomoki March 31, 2010 "A Case Study of Buruli Ulcer: Present Socioeconomic Conditions of Endemic Areas and Limitations of the World Health Organization and Medical-Care-Centered-Support," Core Ethics 6: 287-297 [PDF]/[Abstract in English]

NIIYAMA Tomoki March 20, 2010@"Deployment of Medical NGO concerning a Neglected Tropical Disease, Buruli Ulcer: Using Theories on Civil Society as a Clue," Ars Vivendi 2:238-248

NIIYAMA Tomoki March 20, 2010@"Survey of Neglected Tropical Disease: Buruli Ulcer," Ars Vivendi 2:398-400

NIIYAMA Tomoki March 31, 2009 "Roles and Functions of a Campus NGO in International Medical Aid Programs: A Case Study of a University Project for Buruli Ulcer in Japan" Core Ethics 5:251-260 [abstract] (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/gr/gsce/ce/ce5engtext.htm#21)

NIIYAMA Tomoki & FUKUNISHI Masako January 30, 2009 "Globalization and Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Case of Buruli Ulcer" Medical Treatment and Society Seminar 34: 26-40

NIIYAMA Tomoki March 2008 Master's Thesis "Experimental Study on Support of Non-Government Organization against 'Neglected Tropical Diseases': A Case of Project SCOBU against Buruli Ulcer" Ritsumeikan University

NIIYAMA Tomoki 2008 "Globalization and Neglected Tropical Diseases" Multiculturalism and Social Justice Working Paper Series, No.6

NIIYAMA Tomoki 2008 "Trend of International Non-Government Organizations on Buruli ulcer Problems: Focusing on the Work of Project SCOBU" Multiculturalism and Social Justice Working Paper Series, No.7

HOTEZ Peter J.@2008@Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and their Impact on Global Health and DevelopmentCASM Press, 178p.@ISBN-10:0951200208@ISBN-13:978-0951200209@[amazon]

HOTEZ Peter J. et.al. September 6, 2007 "Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases," The New England Journal of Medicine 357:1018-1027
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra064142


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Achievements at Conferences, Workshops etc

KOEDA Hideki, FUKUNISHI Kazuyuki, NIIYAMA Tomoki, FUJIKURA Tetsuya, NARUSE Susumu & SHIMOMURA Yuki@March 24, 2015@"Clinical Education Program for Physiotherapists in Togo, 2012 and 2013: Enhancing Postoperative Care for BU Patients",@WHO Meeting on Buruli ulcer Control and Research, 24 March 2015, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

KOEDA Hideki, NIIYAMA Tomoki, FUKUNISHI Kazuyuki, FUJIKURA Tetsuya, NARUSE Susumu & SHIMOMURA Yuki March 26, 2013@"Togolese Physiotherapists Training Program in Co-Operation with German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association",@WHO Meeting on Buruli ulcer Control and Research, 26 March 2013, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

SHIMOMURA Yuki, NIIYAMA Tomoki, FUKUNISHI Kazuyuki, KOEDA Hideki, NARUSE Susumu & FUJIKURA Tetsuya@March 28, 2011@"An Integrated Approach to Education Aids in West Africa",@WHO Annual Meeting on Buruli ulcer, 28 March 2011, International Conference Center of Geneva, Switzerland

NIIYAMA Tomoki March 29, 2010@Presentation "Report of Buruli ulcer Survey Situation in Togo and Benin: Condition of Hospitals, Support on In-hospital Education, the Work of NGOs," Seminar by Study Group on Anthropology and Sociology of "Ars Vivendi" (Project Led by Graduate Students at Ars Vivendi in Academic Year 2009), Ritsumeikan University

SHIMOMURA Yuki & NIIYAMA Tomoki March 22, 2010@Poster Session@"Project SCOBU, Kobe International University",@WHO Annual Meeting on Buruli ulcer 22 March 2010, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

SHIMOMURA Yuki, FUJIKURARA Tetsuya, FUKUNISHI Kazuyuki & NIIYAMA Tomoki March 30 to April 3, 2009 "A Report on Volunteer Actions for Buruli ulcer Children by SCOBU" African Summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases(Technical Sessions on Buruli ulcer), Palais des Congrès, Cotonou, Benin

NIIYAMA Tomoki December 20, 2008 "Possibilities of Establishment of the Network against Global Infectious Diseases: Focusing on Buruli ulcer" Public Interview to Ms. Tsuyama, Naoko: "From Apartheid to Democratization: 20 Years with People in South Africa", Ritsumeikan University

SHIMOMURA Yuki, FUJIKURA Tetsuya, FUKUNISHI Kazuyuki & NIIYAMA Tomoki March 31 to April 2, 2008 "Evaluating KIU Programs For BU Children", WHO Annual Meeting on Buruli ulcer 31 March to 2 April 2008, International Conference Center Geneva (CICG), Switzerland

SHIMOMURA Yuki, FUJIKURA Tetsuya, FUKUNISHI Kazuyuki & NIIYAMA Tomoki April 2-4 2007 "Citizen's Participation: An Integrated Movement for BU Advocacy", WHO Annual Meeting on Buruli ulcer 2-4 April 2007,WHO, Geneva, Switzerland


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WHO(World Health Organization) Report

World Health Organization@2006 "Strategic and Technical Meeting on Intensified Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Renewed Effort to Combat Entrenched Communicable Diseases of the Poor"
http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/berlinrep.pdf

World Health Organization@2006@"Neglected Tropical Diseases, Hidden Successes, Emerging Opportunities"
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/69367/1/WHO_CDS_NTD_2006.2_eng.pdf

World Health Organization@2007@"Global Plan to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008?2015"
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/69708/1/WHO_CDS_NTD_2007.3_eng.pdf

World Health Organization@2010@"Working to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases"
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44440/1/9789241564090_eng.pdf

World Health Organization@2012@"Accelerating Work to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases|A Roadmap for Implementation"
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70809/1/WHO_HTM_NTD_2012.1_eng.pdf

World Health Organization@2013@"Sustaining the Drive to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Second WHO Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases"
http://www.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/77950/1/9789241564540_eng.pdf

World Health Organization@2015@"Investing to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases: Third WHO report on neglected tropical diseases"
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/152781/1/9789241564861_eng.pdf


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Theme-related Links

Africa
Astellas Pharma Inc
http://www.astellas.com/en/csr/health/
Department of Eco-Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/multiplex/phase1/index_eng.html
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
http://www.dndi.org/
Eisai Co., Ltd.
http://atm.eisai.co.jp/english/ntd/
Ethiopia National Master Plan For Neglected Tropical Diseases (ENVISION)
http://ntdenvision.org/resource/ethiopia_national_master_plan_for_neglected_tropical_diseases
Get Involved: Help Us End Neglected Tropical Diseases (END7)
http://www.end7.org/get-involved-help-us-end-neglected-tropical-diseases
Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
https://www.ghitfund.org/motivation/motivation1/en
Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Database
http://www.gntd.org/login.html;jsessionid=37F562912E7B3183F78B45D54B620122
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://www.globalnetwork.org/
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (SABIN Vaccine Institute)
http://www.sabin.org/programs/global-network-neglected-tropical-diseases
Guidance for Industry--Neglected Tropical Diseases of the Developing World: Developing Drugs for Treatment or Prevention
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm269221.pdf
How would you raise awareness of Neglected Tropical Diseases? (Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy)
http://bakerinstitute.org/ntdchallenges-usa/
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA)
@http://www.jpma.or.jp/english/globalhealth/statement/ntds.html
Leprosy
MerckResponsibility (Merck & Co., Inc.)
http://www.merckresponsibility.com/access-to-health/infectious-diseases/neglected-tropical-diseases/
Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network
http://www.ntd-ngdonetwork.org/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (CBM)
http://www.cbmuk.org.uk/NTDs
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (European Foundation Initiative for African Research into Neglected Tropical Diseases)
http://www.ntd-africa.net/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (FIND)
http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/hat-ond/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Giving What We Can)
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/research/charities-area/neglected-tropical-diseases-ntds
Neglected Tropical Diseases (GSK)
http://www.gsk.com/en-gb/partnerships/neglected-tropical-diseases/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Health Poverty Action)
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/info-and-resources/the-cycle-of-poverty-and-poor-health/infectious-diseases/neglected-tropical-diseases/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (InterAction)
http://www.interaction.org/choose-to-invest-2015/neglected-tropical-diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Malaria Consortium)
http://www.malariaconsortium.org/pages/ntds.htm
Neglected Tropical Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/tropicaldiseases/pages/default.aspx
Neglected Tropical Diseases (RTI International)
http://www.rti.org/page.cfm?obj=3B32E85A-67DA-43C1-A3DFF4A884879EC6
Neglected Tropical Diseases (ScienceWatch)
http://sciencewatch.com/grr/neglected-tropical-diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases (The Lancet)
http://www.thelancet.com/series/neglected-tropical-diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases (U.S. Agency for International Development)
https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/global-health/neglected-tropical-diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neglected_tropical_diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Yale School of Public Health)
https://publichealth.yale.edu/emd/research/ntd/index.aspx
Neglected Tropical Diseases ? Summary (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/summary/en/
Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center
http://www.ntdsupport.org/
Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center (The Task Force for Global Health)
http://www.taskforce.org/our-work/programs/neglected-tropical-diseases-support-center-0
NTD Overview (The END Fund)
http://www.end.org/whatwedo/ntdoverview
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/
Sanofi
http://en.sanofi.com/csr/patient/priorities/access_to_care/access_to_medicines/neglected_tropical_diseases/neglected_tropical_diseases.aspx
The 7 Most Common NTDs (Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases)
http://www.globalnetwork.org/neglected-tropical-diseases/fact-sheets
The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://www.isntd.org/
The London Declaration (Uniting to Combat NTDs)
http://unitingtocombatntds.org/resource/london-declaration
UK Coalition against Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://ntd-coalition.blogspot.jp/p/home.html
UNSAID's Neglected Tropical Diseases Program
http://www.neglecteddiseases.gov/
What are NTDs? (Imperial College London)
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/schisto/whatwedo/whatarentds


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Newspaper Articles etc.

October 27, 2015 "Sustaining public awareness and community engagement crucial to interrupting dracunculiasis transmission" (WHO)
http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/news/GW_sustaining_public_awareness/en/

May 14, 2015 "How Three Scientists eMarketedf Neglected Tropical Diseases And Raised More Than $1 Billion" (International Business Times)
http://www.ibtimes.com/how-three-scientists-marketed-neglected-tropical-diseases-raised-more-1-billion-1921008

April 23, 2015 "The U.S. Government and Global Neglected Tropical Diseases" (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-government-and-global-neglected-tropical-diseases/

January 6, 2015 "Japanese drugmakers addressing neglected tropical diseases, and not just out of altruism" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/06/national/science-health/japanese-drugmakers-addressing-neglected-tropical-diseases-and-not-just-out-of-altruism/#.VkQnszKhfGg

October 31, 2014 "Risk of Ebola outbreak in China enot rocket science,f expert says" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/31/national/chinese-risk-of-ebola-outbreak-not-rocket-science-expert/#.VkQpIzKhfGg

September 12, 2014 "Ebola highlights slow progress in war on tropical diseases" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/12/world/science-health-world/ebola-highlights-slow-progress-war-tropical-diseases/#.VkQn9jKhfGg

August 21, 2014 "Wealthier countries home to elionfs sharef of neglected tropical diseases" (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/21/wealthier-countries-neglected-tropical-diseases

August 13, 2014 "WHO hopes for more Ebola drug doses, vaccine progress by end of year" (The Guardian)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/13/world/science-health-world/hopes-ebola-drug-doses-vaccine-progress-end-year/#.VkQoyDKhfGg

April 2, 2014 "Global Partners Are Taking the 'Neglect' out of 'Neglected Tropical Diseases'" (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2014/04/Global-Partners-Are-Taking-the-Neglect-out-of-Neglected-Tropical-Diseases

March 27, 2014 "The World Bank and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Building on a History of Helping Countries Address Diseases of the Poor" (The World Bank)
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health/brief/world-bank-neglected-tropical-diseases-building-on-history-of-helping-countries-address-diseases-of-poor

January 2010 "How to Cure 1 Billion People?--Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases" (Scientific American)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-plan-to-defeat-neglected-tropical-diseases/

March 29, 2004 "Kala azar casts shadow over Nepalfs poor" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/29/commentary/world-commentary/kala-azar-casts-shadow-over-nepals-poor/#.VkQpgjKhfGg


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