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Research Article: Could antioxidants reduce the lasting brain damage caused by cerebral malaria?

Research on mice, in which two antioxidants were combined with standard malaria treatment, has produced some promising results.
Source: PLoS Pathogens
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Report: Innovating for the Health of All

The report of last year’s meeting for Global Forum for Health Research has now been published.
Source: Global Forum for Health Research
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Profiles & Interviews: BIOTEC leads Thailand’s leapfrog towards self-sufficiency

TropIKA.net profiles BIOTEC, Thailand’s flagship biotechnology research institute, and talks to one of its researchers, Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong, who also happens to be its ex-director and creator.
Source: TropIKA.net
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Research Article: Lymphatic filariasis: education leads to big increases in numbers who comply with treatment

A community education programme in Orissa, India has increased treatment compliance rates from around half to 75% or 90%.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Highlights: the latest from our blog

28 Jul 2010

Mapping the burden of neglected diseases

23 Jul 2010

US health institute funds ten global malaria research centres

23 Jul 2010

Mouse study finds clindamycin-plus-azithromycin protects against malaria

23 Jul 2010

A call for improved coordination between HIV and TB programmes

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Charting the bottom ten

This is a first attempt to chart the distribution of these neglected diseases and is based on published epidemiological data. Let the maps cycle or click on each disease name at the top to see where in the world that disease can be found. We welcome feedback, updates and suggestions on ways to improve the information provided.
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Editor's choice

20 July 2010

Rethinking priorities

Developments reported on TropIKA.net within the last few days have challenged some common assumptions made about the infectious diseases of poverty.
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Highlights from TropIKA.net partnerships

Access Initiative

Overview: Kampala meeting examines ways to deliver new tools to control the infectious diseases of poverty

An overview of the Access meeting held in Kampala, Uganda, 28–30th June 2010.
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TropIKA.net experts

28 June 2010

A TropIKA.net interview with the UN Foundation’s Vice President for Global Health, Dan Carucci, focusing first on his work with the mHealth Alliance. More

TDRnews latest issue
May 2010 (no.85)

A quarterly publication about TDR.

Feature article:
Research think tank in action: Global report for research on infectious diseases of poverty Momentum is gathering towards a major TDR report on the status of research into infectious diseases of poverty that is scheduled for launch in 2011. Eminent international opinion leaders have been invited to be co-authors and a research think tank of 125 networked experts is taking shape.| p.18
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