13 Feb 2008
Improved control of neglected tropical diseases in Brazil would be a highly cost-effective health measure and a cost-effective anti-poverty measure, according to an article in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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13 Feb 2008
Some ideas are like music to the ears. A US independent record label releases an album by Zambian malaria-affected children and pledges to convert all proceeds into bed-nets.
Source: Sonicwave Media
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13 Feb 2008
The African Fellowship Programme on Neglected Tropical Diseases will fund projects for African scientists to carry out biomedical or public-health research into diseases such as schistosomiasis, the filariases and helminthiases.
Source: Scidev.net
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5 Feb 2008
Exciting results reported from a small clinical trial of a malaria vaccine in Mali.
Source: Source: SciDev.Net
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4 Feb 2008
The results of new research add to concerns that the parasite which causes onchocerciasis (river blindness) is developing resistance to ivermectin, the only drug used in programmes seeking to control this tropical disease.
Source: Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement
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1 Feb 2008
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria launches a new integrated platform for public/private partnership – the Corporate Champions Programme.
Source: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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30 Jan 2008
Dr Maria C. Freire is President and CEO of the non-profit Global Alliance for TB Drug Development. In March 2008, she will assume the presidency of the Lasker Foundation, which is known for its leadership and advocacy on behalf of medical research. Dr Freire, who also previously led the Office of Technology Transfer at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH,) talked to TropIKA.
Source: Original TropIKA interview
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21 Jan 2008
Dengue, which is regarded as a tropical disease, is increasingly being seen in the USA. This has led to a call for more action to combat its spread.
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA
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18 Jan 2008
A potentially fatal species of malaria is being commonly misdiagnosed as a more benign form of the disease, thus putting lives at risk, according to new research in Malaysia.
Source: Wellcome Trust
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18 Jan 2008
The World's first institution devoted primarily to tropical health, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, will be able to expand its activities thanks to the opening of a new building
Source: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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