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3 Jul 2009

Schistosomiasis: publication of genetic map will stimulate research

US researchers have constructed a genetic map of the blood fluke responsible for the world's second most common parasitic disease - schistosomiasis.
Source: Genome Biology
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2 Jul 2009

River blindness: new drug boosts elimination hopes

A clinical trial begins in Africa of a new treatment for onchocerciasis (river blindness).
Source: World Health Organization
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1 Jul 2009

US turns attention to neglected tropical diseases and launches new website

The Neglected Tropical Diseases Initiative is now seen as an important part of the US government’s broader global health agenda.
Source: The NTD Initiative
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1 Jul 2009

Partnership projects make progress, in the search for treatments for the most neglected infections

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) reports encouraging developments during its Nairobi conference.
Source: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
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26 Jun 2009

TB conference aim was to “connect science, industry and policy”

The Pacific Health Summit focused on drug-resistant tuberculosis this year, but was another expensive international meeting really justified?
Source: TropIKA.net
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22 Jun 2009

Vaccinating against childhood’s biggest killer

A $1.5 billion grant will support efforts towards better access to vaccines against pneumococcal diseases, such as pneumonia and meningitis.
Source: GAVI Alliance
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22 Jun 2009

Do big disease programmes harm health systems?

A major study finds that global health initiatives focusing on AIDS, malaria and TB can cause problems for health services in developing countries, but the authors say that this does not have to be the case.
Source: Lancet
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18 Jun 2009

Ethiopian region integrates trachoma and malaria control programmes

The Ethiopian region of Amhara has completed a campaign in which nine million doses of antibiotic treatment for trachoma were distributed, and testing and treatment for malaria was also conducted.
Source: ReliefWeb
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17 Jun 2009

Resistance to antimalarials: new initiative will gather data and inform policy

An international network of malaria scientists will map the emergence of drug resistance, to help provide patients with “the right drugs at the right time”.
Source: WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network
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17 Jun 2009

Southeast Asian nations in new leprosy initiatives

Reducing stigma and disability are both priorities.
Source: ASEAN Secretariat; WHO (SEARO)
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