Events
9:00 am- 10:30 am EST
A growing number of African leaders as well as foreign public and private sector entities are focusing their attention on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Substantial financial commitments by Nigerian officials and the Nigerian government to the African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) and the London Declaration announced earlier this year by pharmaceutical companies, governments, and global health organizations signal a new unified push toward elimination of these diseases. Please join CSIS, the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, and the World Bank for a discussion on emerging African leadership in the fight against NTDs, the London Declaration, and how multi-sectorial partnerships are shaping eradication efforts.
Dr. Don Bundy from the World Bank, Dr. Neeraj Mistry from the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and Dr. Julie Jacobson from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will present.
Location:
Please RSVP to Kathryn Havranek at africa@csis.org
London, U.K.
January 30, 2012
11:00 am - 12:30 pm GMT (6:00 am – 7:30 am EST)
On January 30, 2012, Bill Gates, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan, nine pharmaceutical company CEOs, senior government officials and others will join together to discuss elimination of neglected tropical diseases.
A webcast will be available at www.unitingtocombatntds.org as well as here on the Global Network web site.
5 December 2011
7:15 pm
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is celebrating the launch of END7, a new campaign in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). They will be hosting an evening reception at the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's (ASTMH) annual conference in Philadelphia on December 5, 2011. The event will be hosted by Dr. Peter Hotez, Sabin president and outgoing president of ASTMH, and the Global Network's managing director, Dr. Neeraj Mistry.
Location
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60th Annual Meeting
Marriott Liberty Ballroom, Salon A
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Cannes, France
November 3-4, 2011
At the G20 Summit in Cannes, France, on November 3, Bill Gates announced his financing for development report to the G20 leaders at the request of the Chair of this year’s G20 leader, President Sarkozy. He encouraged the G20 to take up the challenge of innovative financing for development. In the final declaration issued at the summit, G20 leaders agreed that “new sources of funding need to be found to address development needs.” They discussed the innovative financing proposals of Bill Gates, citing various initiatives by member countries to implement taxes that support development, and underscoring the need for the cooperation of the public and private sectors to finance development.
2011 WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT
Berlin, Germany
October 21-24, 2011
