HPV vaccine review shows importance of NTD treatment for improving women’s health

06.06.13
What do neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have to do with women’s health? A recent review entitled, “Effective Health Interventions for Adolescents That Could Be Integrated with Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Programs”, has just been published looking at how combining multiple health interventions with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations increases the effectiveness of HPV delivery.
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NTD control for the eradication of poverty by 2030

06.06.13

Last week, the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda released a report – A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economics through Sustainable Development.

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1 Shirt Changes the Lives of 14 Children

04.23.13

Is it really possible to change a life with a T-shirt? 14 lives? We’ve teamed up again with T-shirt company Sevenly to do just that.

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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.
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“In the Rough”, a New Film by END7

04.18.13
It might be hard to imagine what it’s like to suffer from a disease like schistosomiasis. The name itself is hard to pronounce, and most people don’t know of anyone who has ever had it…
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The Neglected Schistosome

03.29.13
When it comes to scientific research, not all schistosomes are treated equally.
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What’s an NTD to do without WASH?

12.18.12

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.

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