Infectious Diseases of Poverty: progress achieved during the decade gone and perspectives for the future

• Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
• Main Author: Zhou, Xiao-Nong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 04.01.2022; BioMed Central Ltd; BMC
• Subjects: Communicable diseases; Communicable Diseases - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease control; Disease transmission; Ebola virus; Editorial; Editorials; Epidemiology; Humans; Infectious Diseases; International organizations; Malaria; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; National health insurance; Nobel prizes; Pandemics; Poverty; Public Health; Tropical diseases; Tropical Medicine; Tuberculosis; China
• ISSN: 2049-9957; 2095-5162; 2049-9957
• DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00931-3

SEE PDF] Dedication to the original goals in changing times IDP was launched at a time focused on achieving the MDGs with the objective of filling the trans-disciplinary gaps in research with regard to the infectious diseases of poverty. Since 3 of the 8 MDGs were chosen to contribute to poverty alleviation and public health equity, the journal quickly found its niche. The first providing information for the control of infecious diseaes, such as Ebola, malaria and most recently COVID-19; the second consisting of papers on the development of drug efficacy and resistance with regard to malaria, coronavirus and other infections; the third providing a platform for innovative research with trans-disciplinary papers, such as social innovation to transform health care delivery and the economic impact of infectious diseases of poverty, while the fourth focused on scoping reviews covering health system, health policy and disease control strategies. [...]expansion of the journal’s influence at the global level is the next step. [...]IDP’s unique features and the continued publication of high-quality articles will be maintained.