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Nearly 1 in 6 people suffer from NTDs – bacterial and parasitic diseases that disable people and perpetuate poverty. The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, a major program of the non-profit Sabin Vaccine Institute, is dedicated to raising the awareness and funding required to eliminating these diseases as a health threat to the world’s poorest communities.
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April 17, 2012
Former president of Ghana joins forces with the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to eliminate diseases of poverty
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2012—Today, the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Global Network), a major initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, announced President John A. Kufuor as the organization’s new neglected tropical disease (NTD) Special Envoy. The collaboration was announced at a luncheon hosted by the Global Network and the African Union to honor the former Ghanian president for his political and humanitarian achievements in Africa and throughout the world.
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A recent report commissioned by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) examines the opportunities and challenges associated with initiatives aimed at stimulating research and development (R&D) of treatments targeting neglected tropical diseases. According to the report, there are several systemic gaps in the R&D model for NTDs. These include: insufficient dedication to basic [...] Read More
We’re on a mission to see the end of 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by 2020. They devastate the lives of over half a billion children in the developing world, but all it costs is 50¢ to treat and protect one child for one year.
And we want you to be part of it.
