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26 January 2010
Neglected diseases get the mathematical treatment
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.
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07 January 2010
CDC tests new malaria tools
Dr Laurence Slutsker, chief of the malaria branch at the Centers for Disease Control, USA talks to TropIKA.net about CDC's major contributions to malaria research and describes its current work in evaluating potential new tools to fight the disease.
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18 December 2009
What is safe water without sanitation?
Christine Moe tells TropIKA.net that sanitation remains a neglected area. She adds that, "I do get concerned about money and resources and effort going into vaccine development for diseases that I think would be better reduced by water and sanitation".
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16 December 2009
Malaria and climate change
"The real controversy relates to whether changes in climate have already had an impact on malaria transmission," says Dr Jonathan Cox, epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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16 December 2009
The Sanaria PfSPZ malaria vaccine, until recently considered impossible, is entering Phase III trials
A TropIKA.net Q&A with Dr Stephen Hoffman, CEO of Sanaria, who is putting his considerable energies into scaling up production of this vaccine so it can be delivered to all who need it.
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09 December 2009
A proactive approach to controlling schistosomiasis through environmental interventions
"We have to treat schistosomiasis as an environmental problem," says Dr Justin Remais, Director of the Global Environmental Health Program at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, USA.
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09 December 2009
"Climate change is like no other environmental risk factor previously encountered"
A TropIKA.net Q&A with Professor Tony McMichael of Australia's National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health.
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04 December 2009
Africa needs a new generation of scientists
We talk with one of Africa's most highly regarded epidemiologists, Fred Binka, Dean of the University of Ghana's School of Public Health.
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30 November 2009
Good chemistry: a South African rising star"
TropIKA.net talks to Kelly Chibale about the part he is playing in the search for new drugs for the infectious diseases of poverty.
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03 November 2009
Malaria in pregnancy: research must be stepped up
Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke has spent most of her career looking at how malaria affects women. She speaks to TropIKA.net.
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21 October 2009
Malaria research: "a way to contribute"
Dr Louis Miller is best known for establishing why many West Africans do not suffer from vivax malaria. He talks to TropIKA.net about promising new avenues for malaria research.
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30 September 2009
Meningitis in Africa: an affordable vaccine is on its way
Epidemics in Africa's meningitis belt claim many thousands of lives but, till now, vaccines have been designed for strains of the disease found in other parts of the world.
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08 September 2009
Boosting research capabilities in the South
Jimmy Whitworth, head of international activities at the Wellcome Trust, tells TropIKA.net of plans to boost research capabilities in the South.
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30 July 2009
Malaria:"An unprecedented response"
Dr Awa-Marie Coll-Seck, executive director of the Rollback Malaria Partnership talks to TropIKA.net.
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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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