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G20’s secret shame: ignoring tropical diseases among world’s profoundly poor

Submitted by Sabin on Fri, 2013-05-17 09:35

Whereas most people think about the NTDs as exclusive to destabilized countries such as South Sudan, Somalia, or Haiti, my recent analysis, published in Foreign Policy, has found that most of the world’s NTDs paradoxically occur in G20 countries in addition to Nigeria.

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Dr. Peter Hotez discusses impact of schistosomiasis on woman and girls in Africa

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2013-05-08 17:11

In this and several other articles published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases since 2009 we have tried to consistently emphasize the disproportionate impact of S. haematobium infection on girls and women.

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Dr. Anne Gershon Receives 2013 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award

Submitted by Sabin on Tue, 2013-04-23 13:19

Dr. Gershon Honored for her Pivotal Role in Combating Chickenpox

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2013 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award

04.23.13

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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

Vaccine publishes special supplement dedicated to Decade of Vaccines

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2013-04-18 10:07

Last May the World Health Assembly passed a ground-breaking resolution endorsing the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), a roadmap to achieve ambitious immunization goals, making this decade the “Decade of Vaccines.”

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PDPs Applaud Japan’s First Public-Private Partnership to Spearhead Innovation in Global Health

Submitted by Sabin on Mon, 2013-04-08 14:22

A new public-private partnership of the Japanese Government, the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation and a group of private pharmaceutical companies seeks to foster and harness Japanese innovation to address diseases that disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries.

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Huffington Post: Where Are the Scientist-Advocates and Civic-Scientists?

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2013-04-04 11:53

The flattening in support for biomedical research as well as other research fields in the United States over the last decade is having serious consequences for American science and scientists. Ultimately, we need a new generation of scientist-advocates and policy experts if we expect to reverse this trend.