Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease
<p><strong>Background</strong> Despite the substantial global burden of disease, rheumatic heart disease research receives little funding globally.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study and funding from the G-FIND...
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| author | Macleod, C Bright, P Steer, A Kim, J Mabey, D Parks, T |
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| description | <p><strong>Background</strong> Despite the substantial global burden of disease, rheumatic heart disease research receives little funding globally.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study and funding from the G-FINDER database, we propose a novel logarithmic disability neglect index (DNI) to describe disease burden using disability-adjusted life years relative to funding for 16 major tropical diseases.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong> Across a range of diseases, rheumatic heart disease received the least funding relative to disease burden (DNI=3.83). Other diseases facing similar underfunding include cysticercosis (DNI=2.71) and soil-transmitted helminths (DNI=2.41).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong> Rheumatic heart disease remains severely underfunded relative to disease burden.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:188f3385-4307-4aa2-9410-5240e9e1a09f2022-03-26T10:43:56ZNeglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart diseaseJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:188f3385-4307-4aa2-9410-5240e9e1a09fEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2019Macleod, CBright, PSteer, AKim, JMabey, DParks, T<p><strong>Background</strong> Despite the substantial global burden of disease, rheumatic heart disease research receives little funding globally.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study and funding from the G-FINDER database, we propose a novel logarithmic disability neglect index (DNI) to describe disease burden using disability-adjusted life years relative to funding for 16 major tropical diseases.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong> Across a range of diseases, rheumatic heart disease received the least funding relative to disease burden (DNI=3.83). Other diseases facing similar underfunding include cysticercosis (DNI=2.71) and soil-transmitted helminths (DNI=2.41).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong> Rheumatic heart disease remains severely underfunded relative to disease burden.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Macleod, C Bright, P Steer, A Kim, J Mabey, D Parks, T Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
| title | Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
| title_full | Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
| title_fullStr | Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
| title_short | Neglecting the neglected: the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
| title_sort | neglecting the neglected the objective evidence of underfunding in rheumatic heart disease |
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