Gender and neglected tropical disease front-line workers: Data from 16 countries.

Erica A ShoemakerKelly DaleDaniel A CohnMaureen P KellyKathryn L ZoerhoffWilfrid E BatchoClarisse BougoumaGeorges B Nko'AyissiAboulaye MeiteBenjamin MarfoAndré GoepoguiMarc-Aurele TelfortLita Renata SianiparMahamadou TraorePradip RimalDjibo Aichatou AlfariChukwuma AnyaikeFatou N BadianeIbrahim Kargbo-LabourUpendo J MwingiraMarcel S AwoussiRachel D StelmachCarly L SmithJennifer ArneyTaroub Harb FaramandDiana M StukelBolivar PouLisa A RotondoJohn D KraemerMargaret C Baker

Published in: PloS one (2019)

There has been a rapid increase in availability of sex-disaggregated data, but little increase in recruitment of female workers in countries included in this study. Women continue to be under-represented in the NTD workforce, and while there are often valid reasons for this distribution, we need to test this norm and better understand gender dynamics within NTD programs to increase equity.

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