Poverty-related and neglected diseases – an economic and epidemiological analysis of poverty relatedness and neglect in research and development

Philipsborn, Peter von; Steinbeis, Fridolin; Bender, Max E; Regmi, Sadie; Tinnemann, Peter

doi:10.3402/gha.v8.25818

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“…Our results, so far unfortunately, show that research activity in global health and povertyrelated and neglected diseases in Germany is low. Research funding for poverty-related and neglected diseases is more than 60 times lower than would be expected based on the proportion of the global burden of disease attributable to this disease group (0.2% of research funding versus 13.8% of global burden of disease) [29]. Funding for global health research is at even lower levels.…”

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Global health research and education at medical faculties in Germany

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Background Universities undertake the majority of publicly funded research in Germany and hence bear a responsibility to contribute to global health efforts. So far, involvement and impact of German medical faculties in global health are unknown. Our aim was to systematically asses and evaluate German medical faculties' contribution to global health related research and education, as well as their policies and practices concerning open access publishing and equitable licensing. Methods We assessed the involvement in global health of all 36 publicly funded medical faculties in Germany during 2010-2014 in three areas: innovation, access and education, using the following indicators: research funding and publications focused on global health or povertyrelated and neglected diseases; open access publishing and policies promoting access to medical innovations worldwide; provision of global health education. Data were gathered from public databases, university websites and questionnaires sent to individual universities for validation and triangulation. Results There was a high level of variability between institutions and indicators. The proportion of research funding for poverty-related and neglected diseases research ranged between 0.0-1.1%. The top five institutions received nearly 85% of the total poverty-related and neglected diseases research funding. 20 of 36 universities had an institutional open access publishing policy, 19 had an open access publishing fund, 16 had neither. Only one university reported

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“…The WHO Secretariat (2012), Røttingen et al (2013) and von Philipsborn et al (2015) classifi ed diseases caused by helminths, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms as type III diseases. It means that above mentioned diseases are noticeably linked with poverty level and socio-economic status of its population.…”

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Segregated settlements present an increased risk for the parasite infections spread in Northeastern Slovakia

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SummaryThe occurrence of parasitic infections among the children, dogs and its association with soil contamination in two villages with different hygiene level standards were analysed. Infections were present in both examined localities, but in the village with higher living standard, a better personal and communal hygiene level and better dogs care a lower occurrence of parasitic germs in soil was detected. High prevalence of protozoa and helminths was observed not only within canine population but also in children throughout the year in the village with lower hygiene and socio-economic standard. We have identifi ed up to 12 taxa of parasites in 127 collected dogs' excrements and mean prevalence was 71.65 %. The most frequent were eggs of family Ancylostomatidae and Ascaris spp., followed by Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina, Giardia duodenalis cysts, Isospora spp. oocysts, eggs of Capillaria aerophila, Trichuris vulpis, Taenia type eggs, Dipylidium caninum, oocysts of Sarcocystis spp. and larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum. The soil samples collected near dwellings were highly contaminated. Two thirds of samples contained eggs for the most part of family Ancylostomatidae as well as genera Ascaris and Toxocara. Among the kids population helminth ova were present in 53.17 % of stool samples, where the eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis, Hymenolepis diminuta and cysts of G. duodenalis were the most frequent. In contrast, parasitic diseases were not seen in children population living in the locality with common hygiene standard.

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“…At the global level, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), malaria, and tuberculosis are major poverty-related diseases. These diseases are found mainly in poor developing countries such as sub-Saharan Africa (Buve et al 2002; MacDonald 2005; Whiteside 2010; von Philipsborn et al 2015). Many of neglected tropical diseases such as leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, chagas disease, trypanosomiasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, helminthiasis, leishmaniasis, and trachoma are mainly present in poor communities (Hotez et al 2006, 2008; Feasey et al 2010; Hotez et al 2012).…”

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Bibliometric analysis of medicine-related publications on poverty (2005–2015)

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BackgroundPoverty is a global problem. The war against poverty requires not only financial support, but also poverty-related research to pinpoint areas of high need of intervention. In line with international efforts to fight poverty and negative consequences, we carried out this study to give a bibliometric overview of medicine-related literature on poverty. Such a s study is an indicator of the extent of interaction of various international key players on the war against poverty-related health problems.MethodsScopus was used to achieve the objective of this study. The time span set for this study was 2005–2015. Poverty-related articles under the subject area “Medicine” were used to give bibliometric indicators such as annual growth of publications, international collaboration, highly cited articles, active countries, institutions, journals, and authors.ResultsThe total number of retrieved articles was 1583. The Hirsh-index of retrieved articles was 56. A modest and fluctuating increase was seen over the study period. Visualization map of retrieved articles showed that “HIV”, infectious diseases, mental health, India, and Africa were most commonly encountered terms. No significant dominance of any particular author or journal was observed in retrieved articles. The United States of America had the largest share in the number of published articles. The World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control were among top active institutions/organizations. International collaboration was observed in less than one third of publications. Top cited articles focused on three poverty-related health issues, mainly, infectious diseases, malnutrition, and child development/psychology. Most of top articles were published in high impact journals.ConclusionsData indicated that articles on poverty were published in high influential medical journals indicative of the importance of poverty as a global health problem. However, the number publications and the extent of international collaborations was lower than expected given the huge burden of poverty-related health problems.

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Poverty-related and neglected diseases – an economic and epidemiological analysis of poverty relatedness and neglect in research and development

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Global health research and education at medical faculties in Germany

Global health research and education at medical faculties in Germany

Segregated settlements present an increased risk for the parasite infections spread in Northeastern Slovakia

Bibliometric analysis of medicine-related publications on poverty (2005–2015)

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