Combating infectious diseases of poverty: a year on
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2013-11-18Author
Xia, Shang
Allotey, Pascale
Reidpath, Daniel
Yang, Pin
Sheng, Hui-Feng
Zhou, Xiao-Nong
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Xia, S., Allotey, P., Reidpath, D.D., Yang, P., Sheng, H.-F. and Zhou, X.-N. (2013) ‘Combating infectious diseases of poverty: a year on’, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2(1), pp. 27, 2049-9957-2–27. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-9957-2-27.
Abstract
The Infectious Diseases of Poverty journal, launched a year ago, is a platform to engage outside the traditional disciplinary boundaries, and disseminate high quality science towards the improvement of health. This paper reviews the milestone achievements during its first year of operation. The journal has filled an important niche, addressing some of the main priorities in the Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty. Highlights include the publication of three thematic issues on health systems, surveillance and response systems, as well as co-infection and syndemics. The thematic issues have foregrounded the importance and innovation that can be achieved through transdisciplinary research. The journal has been indexed by PubMed since April 2013, with the publication of a total of 38 articles. Finally, the journal is delivering to wider range readers both in developing and developed countries with sustained efforts with a focus on relevant and strategic information towards elimination of infectious diseases of poverty.