Impact of COVID-19 on the neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review

作者：Caitlin Butala, Roo Nicola Rose Cave, Jenna Fyfe, P. G. Coleman, Guo-Jing Yang, Susan C. Welburn · 发表于：Infectious Diseases of Poverty · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1186/s40249-024-01223-2 · 被引用次数：26 · 研究领域：Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment、Parasites and Host Interactions、Dermatological diseases and infestations

BACKGROUND: This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence, management, and control of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) highlighting the current or prospective impact of COVID-19 on research and development funding for, and execution of, NTD programmes. This review was conducted to determine if, and how, NTDs were affected by COVID-19, and whether those effects will delay the elimination goals of the Sustainable Development goals. METHODS: Using open-source available data from policy and documentation from official websites of the relevant stakeholders including but not limited to World Health Organization (WHO) documents and policies, government foreign aid documents, and the Policy Cures G-Finder reports, this scoping review explored ongoing challenges to supporting research and development (R&D) for the NTDs and in maintaining NTD control programs; examined the constraints posed for NTD management by the pandemic from disruptions to healthcare services, reduction of finance and explored the potential long-term implications and consequences for those poorer, neglected populations in low and middle income-countries (LMICs). This was done by a scoping review literature search, publications were subject to an initial practical screening step to ensure the most relevant publications were selected for full screening, with the focus on scoping the designated topic of the impact of COVID-19 on NTDs. We further undertook an evaluation of the soc...