Updates

Uniting Against NTDs

11.16.12

November 16-18, 2012: Mundo Sano, an Argentinean non-profit focused on facilitating a broader reach for efforts linked to Chagas disease, issued a press release todayannouncing their involvement in the NTD conference this weekend in D

The United States is also affected by Chagas disease

Submitted by Sabin on Fri, 2012-11-16 17:02

As a result of immigrations, the United States is also affected by Chagas disease.

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Campaign Spending: What Else Can $2 Billion Buy?

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2012-11-14 11:58

Sabin President Dr. Peter Hotez's latest editorial, titled “Campaign Spending: What Else Can $2 Billion Buy?” was recently published in the Huffington Post. The editorial discusses how the amount of money spent on this year’s presidential campaign could have also been used to treat and control NTDs in various regions around the world.

See the original article in the Huffington Post here.

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Giving What We Can Provides Case to Support Vaccine Development

11.13.12

Giving What We Can is an international society dedicated to eliminating poverty in the developing world by helping people make smart decisions about donating to charitable causes.

World Pneumonia Day Celebrates Simple Solutions to Stop Leading Killer of Children

11.12.12

Around the world, more than 800,000 children die each year from childhood pneumonia. 99 percent of these children are living in developing countries.

The World Health Organization Donates 5 million Tablets to Treat Schistosomiasis in Nigeria

11.08.12

November 8, 2012: Today, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office (WHO: AFRO) donated 5 million deworming tablets to Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health.

“Lives in the Balance: Delivering Medical Innovations for Neglected Patients and Populations” Conference to be held in New York this December

11.08.12

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative (DNDi) and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Global Health program will host a conference to discuss past medical advances and future global health needs as research and development for

UK Coalition against NTDs: Annual report 2012

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2012-11-07 15:28

The Sabin Vaccine Institute congratulates the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) on releasing the 3^rd Annual Report for the UK Coalition against NTDs.