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President John A. Kufuor Appointed Advocate for Neglected Tropical Disease Control

Submitted by Sabin Admin on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 15:44

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.

Tom Felton Becomes Newest END7 Campaign Ambassador

Submitted by Sabin Admin on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 16:58

“Harry Potter” star joins global effort to eliminate seven diseases by 2020

LONDON, April 12, 2012 – British actor Tom Felton is calling on his fans to join him in the fight to eliminate seven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020. As an ambassador for the END7 campaign, Felton is helping to raise public awareness about these devastating diseases of poverty that infect one in six people worldwide, including 500 million children.

Neglected Tropical Disease Control is a Key to Fighting Poverty in Texas and Mexico

Submitted by Sabin Admin on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 17:02

A New Clinic in Houston Has Been Established to Fight These Infections

 

Washington D.C., March 27, 2012— A paper jointly published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) called for increased attention to diseases that infect people living in poverty in Texas and Mexico. According to the authors of the paper, increased surveillance, improved education for healthcare workers and new therapies are necessary in order to control the high rates of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like Chagas disease, dengue fever, leishmaniasis and hookworm.

Burundi Launches National Plan to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases

Submitted by Sabin Admin on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 12:59

Media Contact: Johanna Harvey
Communications Officer, Sabin Vaccine Institute
+1 (202) 621-1691
Johanna.harvey@sabin.org

 

Burundi Launches National Plan to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases applauds the latest effort to end diseases of poverty in Africa

Regional Approach Needed for NTD Control in Conflict-Ridden Middle Eastern Countries

Submitted by Sabin Admin on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 17:12

WASHINGTON, D.C.—February 28, 2012—Today, the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases published a comprehensive report showcasing the high burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with particularly high prevalence rates in Egypt and Yemen.  The report, authored by global health leaders Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr.

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