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Today is #WorldNTDDay #worldntdday2022 in 2005 we wrote the first papers using the term "neglected tropical diseases" indexed in PubMed, creating a list of 12 diseases + opportunity to bundle them in a "rapid-impact" package of essential medicines that now reach >1 billion/yr 
The first papers were published in @PLOSMedicine (because @PLOSNTDs did not yet exist) and I remember how we worked with @GYamey to organize them. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…
Ultimately we worked with the @PLOS team and Dr. David Brandling-Bennett at @GatesFoundation to launch @PLOSNTDs journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…
