Poverty-related and neglected diseases – an economic and epidemiological analysis of poverty relatedness and neglect in research and development

Background : Economic growth in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) has raised interest in how disease burden patterns are related to economic development. Meanwhile, poverty-related diseases are considered to be neglected in terms of research and development (RD interquartile range (IQR): 0.79–6.3). Comparison of IRFs from 1990 to 2010 highlights general patterns of the global epidemiological transition. The 26 poverty-related diseases included in our analysis of neglect in RD IQR: 6–52). Conclusions : The IRF is an intuitive and meaningful metric to highlight shifts in global disease burden patterns. A large shortfall exists in global RD neglected tropical diseases; research and development; disease burden; double burden; global burden of disease; research and development expenditure (Published: 22 January 2015) Citation : Glob Health Action 2015,  8 : 25818 -  http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.25818 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL :  To access the supplementary material for this article, please see  Supplementary files  under ‘Article Tools’