The<unk>  was a collaborative<unk> eradication programme launched on 30 January 2012 in<unk> . It was inspired by the World Health Organization roadmap to eradicate or prevent transmission for<unk>  tropical<unk>  by the year 2020. Officials from WHO, the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's 13 leading pharmaceutical companies, and government representatives from US, UK, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mozambique and Tanzania participated in a joint meeting at the Royal College of Physicians to launch this project. The meeting was spearheaded by Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, and Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This<unk>  is the largest coordinated effort to date in health issues and it aims to eliminate or control 10<unk><unk>  by 2020 by providing more than US$785 million to support research and development. These<unk>  are most rampant in the economically deprived regions of the world and affect 1.4 billion people.
London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases
Medicines for Malaria Venture
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness
International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
Vaccines for Children Program
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical