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TropIKA will provide readers with information about the aims and activities of key players in the war against tropical diseases.
29 June 2009
Brian Greenwood: "Living in exciting times"
TropIKA.net talks to one of the best known specialists in the infectious diseases of poverty, focusing on his major contributions to malaria research and his work against meningitis and pneumonia.
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10 June 2009
Tracking the spread of resistance to malaria drugs
Christopher Plowe of the University of Maryland, USA, talks to TropIKA.net about his work on molecular markers and on vaccine resistance.
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03 June 2009
Beating the brain drain: West African research centre shows it can be done
TropIKA.net interviews Professor Ogobara Doumbo of the Malaria Research Training Centre, Mali.
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06 May 2009
Grand Challenges project ready to enter its next phase
We speak to Michael Gottlieb, head of the Grand Challenges project at the Foundation for the US National Institutes of Health.
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23 Apr 2009
Malaria research: putting African scientists on the front line
Professor Wen L Kilama talks to TropIKA.net about the work of the African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET).
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29 Jan 2009
The company is committed to the development of new drugs for tuberculosis.
TropIKA.net interviews Larry Geiter and Charles Wells of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
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13 Jan 2009
Academia adopts pharma methods to create cheap drugs for neglected diseases
TropIKA.net interviews Professor Alan Fairlamb CBE.
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7 Dec 2008
New Orleans hosts major tropical medicine meeting
As the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) begins its
annual meeting, TropIKA.net interviews its President - Claire Panosian
Dunavan
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19 Nov 2008
Towards a malaria vaccine: Indian researchers are making progress
In a TropIKA.net interview, Dr Chetan Chitnis describes the work he and his
colleagues are doing at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology.
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9 Oct 2008
Harvard Malaria Initiative opens new avenues for research
TropIKA.net interviews Dyann Wirth.
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22 July 2008
The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
After a troubled start, EDCTP now seems set to move ahead. TropIKA.net speaks
to Executive Director, Charles Mgone.
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16 May 2008
Quest for a malaria vaccine: ‘The elements are in place’
The director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative is optimistic but says
there is still a long way to go.
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28 Mar 2008
Building a pipeline for the drugs of the future
In a TropIKA interview, Dr Bernard Pecoul, Executive Director of the
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative looks forward to what can be
achieved using the DNDI model.
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6 Mar 2008
‘The bandwagon has started to run’: lymphatic filariasis and other neglected diseases are finally attracting attention
Tatum Anderson interviews David Molyneux, focusing on his work as
Director of the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre and its role within
the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. Professor
Molyneux calls for a complete change in the focus of public health
funding.
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29 Jan 2008
New Global Forum leader seeks to turn strategy into action
TropIKA’s Tatum Anderson interviews Dr Gill Samuels who took over the
position of Chair of the Foundation Council of the Global Forum for Health
Research in November 2007.
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