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15 Apr 2009

Buruli ulcer: need for early case detection and more research emphasised at international meeting

Conference hears that there is still a lack of understanding of this disfiguring and disabling disease.
Source: Voice of America; IRIN
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15 Apr 2009

Drug-resistant TB: a ‘potentially explosive’ situation

Health ministers from high-burden countries meet in Beijing to discuss the bottlenecks slowing down progress against multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).
Source: World Health Organization; Associated Press
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14 Apr 2009

New cholera vaccine will be used in India

The oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is claimed to provide 70% protection. But, meanwhile, there are concerns over the emergence of a virulent hybrid strain of the disease.
Source: Times of India
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14 Apr 2009

Potential new antimalarial could both kill the parasite and overcome its resistance to other drugs

Study finds that an acridone derivative could be the basis of an effective malaria treatment, with the added bonus of restoring and enhancing the effectiveness of older drugs.
Source: Nature; BBC
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14 Apr 2009

Guatemalan success against onchocerciasis

River blindness transmission has now ceased in what was formerly one of the regions most seriously afflicted by the diseases in the Americas.
Source: Carter Center; PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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8 Apr 2009

Malaria detector system discovered in mosquitoes

The highly effective immune system of the mosquito may hold the key to blocking the transmission of malaria to humans.
Source: Science
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7 Apr 2009

Deworming campaign reaches 120,000 Haitians

Residents of Port-au-Prince have been distributing de-worming tablets to their communities.
Source: International Action
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6 Apr 2009

Public hearing seeks to gather new ideas to promote research into neglected diseases

Interested parties have until15th April to share their ideas on innovative sources of funding that will stimulate research and development activities related to the infectious diseases of poverty.
Source: World Health Organization
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6 Apr 2009

Cholera stalks Mozambique as rains hit Southern Africa

Cholera has struck the Southern African nation of Mozambique again but its turbulent neighbour cannot take all the blame.
Source: Relief Web
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3 Apr 2009

New tuberculosis test could rapidly identify drug-resistant strains

Fluorescent bacteriophage could offer a simpler form of drug susceptibility testing.
Source: PLoS ONE
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