Onchocerciasis
How to Cure 1 Billion People? Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases
December 17, 2009
Sabin President Dr. Peter Hotez details how 1 billion individuals suffering from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) can be easily treated in “How to Cure 1 Billion People?—Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases” released today in the January 2010 issue of Scientific American.
Key Concepts discussed in the article include:
- A group of seven tropical diseases, mostly caused by parasitic worms, afflict a billion impoverished people worldwide. They seldom kill directly but cause lifelong misery that stunts children’s growth, leaves adults unable to function to their fullest, and heightens the risk of other diseases.
- Fortunately, they can be easily treated, often with a single pill. Various agencies and foundations are collaborating to deliver these drugs, although they have reached only about 10 percent of the population so far.
- The U.S. has its own neglected parasitic diseases that affect millions of rural and urban poor.
Access the full article on Scientific American's website here.
The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Devastating Health and Economic Impact on the Member Nations of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
2009
by Peter J. Hotez
Sabin at CGI
September 24, 2009
The Sabin Vaccine Institute was honored to be featured twice at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative. On Wednesday, September 23, President Clinton announced 
that the Global Network joined the Inter-American Development Bank in announcing their commitment to mobilize $30 million from the public and private sectors to raise awareness and funds in support of NTD control and elimination in the Americas, supported by technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization.
Never a Greater Need: Social Investment and Philanthropy in Times of Crisis
15 April 2009
Kari Stoever of Sabin Vaccine Institute/Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases will be a featured speaker at a breakfast sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises (GIFE), Schwab Foundation, and Synergos Institute in conjunction with the World Economic Forum on Latin American being held from April 14th to April 16th, 2009.
Peter Hotez, Sabin Institute Featured in USA Today
March 24, 2009
USA Today
This Scientist's Passion: Ending the Scourge of Parasitic Diseases
Just 50 Cents: A Best Buy in Public Health
March 23, 2009
Neglected tropical diseases threaten millions throughout the developing world each year, but for just 50 cents, you can help fund a rapid-impact package of medications to treat the seven most common NTDs. Watch the video to learn more and find out how you change the world – through just 50 cents. Donate now!
Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, infects 37 million people living near the rivers and fast-moving streams of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Thirteenth Session of the Joint Action Forum (JAF 13)
4 - 7 December 2008
The Joint Action Forum (JAF) is the governing body of the African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) that meets once a year for extensive review of the program activities. The 13th session of JAF (JAF 13) was held in Brussels (Belgium) from December 4-7, 2007 with 130 participants in attendance.
The Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Disease Burden and Distribution and a Roadmap for Control and Elimination.
2008
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent some of the most common infections of the poorest people living in the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC). Because they primarily afflict the disenfranchised poor as well as selected indigenous populations and people of African descent, the NTDs in LAC are largely forgotten diseases even though their collective disease burden may exceed better known conditions such as of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria.
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