neglected tropical diseases

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• Another big win for the NTDs

  
  Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog — Authority: 106
  Last evening I a lecture on the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in my Global Health Policy course at NYU-Wagner . One of my students asked whether the many NTD control programs that had sprung up over the years to address these diseases were in fact sustainable - an excellent question. My response was "who ever ...
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• Improving Female Reproductive Health And Empowerment Through Control Of Neglected Tropical Diseases

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according to a new editorial published November 24 in the open-access journal ...
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• State of the World’s Vaccines and Immunizations

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 122
  At the Sabin Vaccine Institute, we’re firm believers in the powerful role that vaccines and immunizations play in reducing needless suffering from infectious and neglected tropical diseases. Our convictions were confirmed in the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and World Bank’s “State of the World’s ...
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• £10m ($16.6 million) funding boost to eliminate elephantiasis globally

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 122
  The Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded £10 million by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to support endemic countries in tackling lymphatic filariasis (LF) – a crippling disease more commonly known as elephantiasis.The ...
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• New HIV recommendations to improve health, reduce infections and save lives

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 122
  World AIDS Day 200930 November 2009 — On the eve of World AIDS Day, WHO is releasing new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.WHO now recommends earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults and adolescents, the ...
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