Updates

Statement by the Sabin Vaccine Institute on the Occasion of the Organization of American States’ Resolution “Elimination of Neglected Diseases and Other Poverty-Related Infections”

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2013-06-13 10:10

Last week, the Organization of American States (OAS), the main political and social governmental forum for nations in Latin America and the Caribbean, approved a resolution supporting the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) during the 43rd General Assembly in Antigua, Guatemala.

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An Example To Follow: Japan's Historic Commitment To Infectious Disease Control

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2013-06-12 12:50

Op-ed by Tsutomu Takeuchi and Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen in the Huffington Post:

Posted: 06/11/2013 10:49 am

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Lough Erne Accountability Report: “Excellent” for NTDs?

06.11.13

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. Peter Hotez describes emerging leishmaniasis epidemic in Syria in PLoS Blog

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2013-06-06 09:24

News Reports out of Syria indicate the emergence of epidemic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the besieged city of Aleppo, adding further to the misery there.

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Cambodia is making legislative progress on sustainable immunization financing

06.05.13

During the first week of May, Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) Senior Program Officers Devendra Gnawali and Mariya Savchuk were in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where they met with counterparts working on immunization financing issues and organized Sabin’s fifth SIF briefing in that country.

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.

Vietnam holds its first SIF-sponsored briefing on immunization financing in Da Nang City

05.29.13

In April 2013, an agreement was signed by Sabin and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), making Vietnam the newest Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) Program country. To kick it off, NIHE and Sabin jointly sponsored a subnational briefing in Da Nang on 13 May.

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