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A nurse in Samoa makes a home visit to treat the wounds of a leprosy
patient. To mark World Leprosy Day 2010, a TropIKA.net article
has examined the research priorities. WHO/TDR/Crump.

What's new on TropIKA.net

9 Feb 2010

News: Nigerian scientist wins national award for sleeping sickness research

Professor Andrew Jonathan Nok’s research could lead on to the development of a vaccine against trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
Source: Press reports
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9 Feb 2010

News: Could drug reformulation provide new treatment for river blindness and sleeping sickness?

A US researcher has been awarded a $2 million grant to investigate the potential of flubendazole as a treatment for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.
Source: Michigan State University
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9 Feb 2010

News: Research unit in The Gambia unveils its new strategy

The main focus of research at the Gambian unit of the MRC (UK) will be child survival, disease control and elimination, and vaccines.
Source: Medical Research Council (UK)
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5 Feb 2010

Review Article: Mobile phones for health: high hopes but research lacking

There is a lot of hype surrounding “mHealth” – the use of mobile phones in health care – but where’s the evidence that it works?
Source: TropIKA.net
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3 Feb 2010

They think it's all over ...but it isn't

World Leprosy Day has been amongst the recent developments featured on TropIKA.net.
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Meet TropIKA.net experts

26 Jan 2010

Professor Sir Roy Anderson

Infectious disease modelling is a new and sometimes controversial discipline. TropIKA.net speaks to one of the leaders in the field - Professor Sir Roy Anderson. MoreExternal link


TDRnews latest issue
December 2009 (no.84)

A quarterly publication about TDR.

TDRnews

Feature article:
Country-led dialogue guides review of issues: Since its founding in 1975, TDR has convened expert groups to stimulate action on critical research agendas. Now, TDR is expanding and enhancing this effort in the context of its Stewardship function.| p.11 MoreExternal link



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