A decade of innovation to deepen the understanding of infectious diseases of poverty and foster their control and elimination

Exactly 10 years ago,on 25 October 2012,a group of scientists,policy-makers,and practitioners undertook an ambitious project to launch a new open-access journal,named Infectious Diseases of Poverty[1].The idea had originated from a think-tank put forth by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases(TDR),an organisation co-sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF),the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP),the World Bank,and the World Health Organization(WHO).Indeed,this think-tank published a comprehensive Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty[2]that guided the scope and remit of Infectious Diseases of Poverty.