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14 May 2013

This blog post originally appeared on the Dengue Vaccine Initiative Blog

So far this year the number of dengue cases in Singapore has already surpassed the number of cases reported in 2012, and it looks like it will just keep rising. As of last week, Singapore was reporting over 6,000 cases, while 2012 saw around 4,600.

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Journalist Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.

04.19.13

In a recent TED Talk, “Let's talk crap. Seriously.”, UK-based journalist Rose George discussed the significance of sanitation and the lack of access to toilets as a root for larger public health problems around the world.

Vaccine publishes special supplement dedicated to Decade of Vaccines

04.18.13

To highlight the extensive body of knowledge collected in developing the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), the journal Vaccine today relea

What’s an NTD to do without WASH?

12.18.12

Photo above Credited to Esther Havens - India
By Anupama Tantri
The magnitude of the problem is significant…
783 million people do not have access to safe water.
2.5 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation.