7.19.10
Dr. Neeraj Mistry named Managing Director, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Washington, D.C. – Sabin Vaccine Institute announced today that Dr. Neeraj Mistry has been appointed Managing Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Global Network).
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7.15.10
One stop shop for NTD's in the US
PLos Neglected Diseases
The last issue of PLos includes an interesting editorial by Dr. Peter Hotez that highlights the need of a school solely dedicated to Neglected Diseases in our country.
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5.25.10
8-point manifesto urges increased control, elimination and R&D efforts against NTDs
Although advances in the control and elimination of neglected infections have been steadily increasing in the past decade—specifically with heightened interest by policy makers, governments, the World Health Organization (WHO), and private philanthropies—more can and must be done, says a new editorial, "'Manifesto' for Advancing the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases," published May 25 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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5.18.10
New ways to tackle neglected tropical diseases
A debate published today in PLoS Medicine examines new approaches to tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with three viewpoints from experts in the field—including Sabin President Dr. Peter Hotez—arguing which approach shows the most promise.
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5.17.10
Rescuing the 'Bottom Billion' Through Control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases
Population Reference Bureau
With Millennium Development Goal 6, the international community pledged to "combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases" throughout the world. Worldwide, 1.4 billion people are infected with one or more of these less-known "other diseases."
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3.3.10
Ecuador Becomes Second Country in the Americas to Halt River Blindness Transmission
The Carter Center
ATLANTA….Carter Center experts congratulate the people of Ecuador for breaking transmission of the blinding parasitic disease river blindness, or onchocerciasis. Ecuador is the second nation in the Americas after Colombia (in 2008) to stop the transmission of this debilitating, yet preventable affliction on a countrywide basis, according to officials of the Ministry of Health of Ecuador and the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program in the Americas (OEPA).
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2.1.10
The Gates Foundation’s expansion of its support, and the thinking that lies behind it
TropIKA.net
The Gates Foundation becomes ever more influential in research and control efforts that address the infectious diseases of poverty. At the World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates announced a new $10 billion, 10-year commitment to support vaccine development and delivery – the largest commitment the foundation has ever made.
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2.2.10
Gates Foundation Commits $13 Million to Eliminate Two Tropical Diseases
Philanthropy News Digest
The Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has announced a five-year, $13 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve efforts to eliminate two parasitic diseases, elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis) and river blindness (onchocerciasis), in the developing world.
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