Updates

Comprehensive Study Reports on "Global Burden of Disease"

12.21.12

Last week, researchers published the “Global Burden of Disease Study 2010,” the most comprehensive effort since the GBD 1990 to produce complete and comparable estimates of the burden of diseases and other health challenges.

Polio and vaccine diplomacy in Pakistan

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2012-12-20 09:13

This week the global health community is mourning the violent loss of nine workers who were killed while administering vaccines in Pakistan as part of a national polio vaccination program.

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NIH Supports Meningitis Vaccine Effort in Africa

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2012-12-19 16:44

Dr. Mark Laforce, Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award recipient in 2012, and director of the Meningitis Vaccine Project, recently spoke about the successes of the new MenAfriVac vaccine during a National Institutes of Health presentation.

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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.