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Lough Erne Accountability Report: “Excellent” for NTDs?

11 June 2013

Last Friday, the G8 Lough Erne Accountability Report was released by the UK government in the lead-up to the G8 summit happening at the end of this week. The report looked at the G8’s past commitments in nine development areas, including aid effectiveness, health, WASH and food security, and evaluated how well the G8 has done at fulfilling those commitments.

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Experts call for more R&D for NTDs, as threat of these diseases emerges in the United States

06.07.13

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are an important health issue in countries around the world. Most people don’t think about them at all, let alone know that some NTDs are also prevalent in the United States. The emerging threat of NTDs at home has been gaining attention recently, such as in this recent article, which appeared online in Discover.

Site-Finder: New tool to facilitate collaboration, advance research in developing countries

06.03.13

Field research, such as that conducted for clinical trials or disease surveillance, is essential to address the many pervasive health issues in developing countries. It relies on extensive collaboration between research institutions and groups on the ground.

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 released a special supplement dedicated in full to the Decade of Vaccines.