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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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Singapore Battles Dengue Outbreak

05.14.13

This blog post originally appeared on the Dengue Vaccine Initiative Blog

Progress for Sustainable Immunization Financing

05.09.13

Sabin’s Sustainable Immunization Financing Program works with eighteen African and Asian countries to find ways to increase their national immunization program investments.

New York Times reports on price cuts for HPV vaccine

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2013-05-09 09:12

Thanks to Pap tests, fatal cervical cancers are almost unknown today in rich countries. But the disease kills an estimated 275,000 women a year in poor countries where Pap tests are impractical and the vaccine is far too expensive for the average woman to afford, so the price cut could lead to a significant advance in women’s health.

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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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New Advocates Join Global Effort to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

Submitted by Sabin on Tue, 2013-05-07 09:57

Former presidents of Guatemala and Chile and former PAHO director join forces with the Globa

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Better Diagnostics Critical to the Fight against Typhoid

05.03.13

Originally posted on USAID's IMPACT Blog on Thursday, May 2 2013.

Success story in Togo marks important milestone in global NTD elimination effort

05.02.13

Earlier this month, the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases published some very exciting news – Togo is about to become the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF), a painful and disabling neglected tropical disease (NTD) also known as elephantiasis.

Dr. Peter Hotez Cites Marked Improvements In Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases In Developing Nations

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2013-05-02 11:47

Dr. Peter Hotez, the preeminent virologist, microbiologist, President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and distinguished professor at Baylor College of Medicine where he is the founding Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, recently posted a new article on the PLOS blog that cites marked improvements in the fight to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in developing countries, as well as new initiatives that still need to gain traction in the public sector in order to bolster these efforts.

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New Book Examines Poverty as a Public Health Threat

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2013-05-01 09:41

In this new edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases, author Peter J. Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine explains how NTDs and poverty are inextricably linked—today 20 million Americans who live in extreme poverty, including 1.5 million families in the United States whose members live on less than $2 per day.

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