title: The Need for an Information Communication and Advocacy Strategy to Guide a Research Agenda to Address Burden of Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections in Africa.
abstract: Invasive nontyphoidal salmonellosis (iNTS) is often not recognized clinically, and prevention of iNTS is largely ignored by policy planners and decision makers. During 2010, an estimated 3.4 million cases and 681,316 deaths occurred worldwide due to iNTS, with the largest estimated disease burden in resource-limited areas of sub-Saharan Africa. These figures likely underestimate global burden for several reasons, further complicating efforts to raise awareness of iNTS. To increase disease recognition and facilitate development of interventions, a communication and advocacy plan should be developed and implemented by actors in different sectors of global health, including researchers and scientists, funders, vaccine manufacturers, civil society organizations, and government officials from highly affected countries.
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington D.C.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imran Khan
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington D.C.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.affiliation: Agence de Médecine Preventive, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bradford D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gessner
authors.affiliation: International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sushant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahastrabuddhe
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D035843:Biomedical Research; D017281:Cost of Illness; D058015:Health Communication; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Africa; advocacy; communication strategy; developing countries; iNTS disease