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World Pneumonia Day Rally
November 10, 2009
World Pneumonia Day
Over 400 people participated in a march and rally to commemorate the first-ever World Pneumonia Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A new online tool for Strategic Planning for Measles Control
2009
The Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning website has recently launched a new module to support the World Health Organization's computer-based Measles Strategic Planning (MSP) tool. The MSP was developed to help countries develop measles vaccination strategies to meet their measles control goals given resource limitations. The Measles Strategic Planning tool is ready for use, loaded with country-specific data that can be updated by the user.
The module can be used to:
• Serve as a technical resource about measles epidemiology and vaccination strategies.
World Pneumonia Day
October 2, 2009
PACE is a supporter of World Pneumonia Day, the first global effort to combat a disease that kills a child every 15 seconds.
Spotlight on NTDs at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative
September 24, 2009
Global Network
The Global Network is partnering with global health leaders, philanthropic organizations, and international celebrities to mobilize $30 million to raise awareness and funding for NTD control and elimination in Latin America and the Caribbean. Together with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Pan American Health Organization, and our partners, we can end the neglect.
A Constitutional Amendment for Deworming
2009
In February 2009, The Washington Post reported that three South American countries, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, have either launched or completed ambitious efforts to rewrite their constitutions in order to expand the social and economic rights guaranteed to its citizens [2]. The fact that millions of indigenous children and women in Latin America suffer from intestinal helminth infections is especially tragic because we can do something about these conditions through interventions that are astonishingly low cost [4].
Dr. Peter Hotez discusses schistosomiasis on VOA’s In Focus
August 21, 2009
Voice of America
VOA's health correspondent Linord Moudou reports on neglected tropical diseases and discusses all with Dr. Peter Hotez, founder of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.
PBS / Foreign Exchange with Daljit Dhaliwal
July 13, 2009
Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the deadly but curable NTDS.
Maladie pneumococcique UN MECANISME DE FINANCEMENT REVOLUTIONNAIRE
2009
La maladie est responsable du plus grand nombre de décès d’enfants dans le monde
Rubella: Kill Or Cure?
April 29, 2009
Rubella, also known as German measles, is generally a mild infection, but can cause serious birth defects if contracted early in pregnancy. In 2007, there were nearly 200,000 reported cases of rubella and 203 reported cases of CRS. Although the rubella vaccine has helped the US eliminate indigenous rubella cases, rubella and CRS surveillance is inadequate and should be expanded and strengthened.
4th Regional Pneumococcal Symposium
2009
The 4th Regional Pneumococcal Symposium was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2-3 March 2009. Over 185 people from 38 countries, including 23 African countries, attended the two-day meeting in South Africa. During the symposium, participants heard presentations and discussed topics ranging from pneumococcal epidemiology to country perspectives on vaccine introduction and disease surveillance.
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