Updates

Neglected Tropical Diseases: 21st Century Ancient Afflictions of the Poor and Vulnerable

11.10.16

Sabin Vaccine Institute President Dr. Peter Hotez gave the keynote address on NTDs at the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers’ XXXI International Conference, focused on NTDs and rare diseases.

Statement on G7 Summit from Dr. Peter Hotez

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-06-02 17:53

Statement of Dr. Peter Hotez, President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Director of its Product Development Partnership on the Group of 7 (G7) Summit, at which the leaders of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Italy and France affirmed a commitment to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

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G7 Leaders Commit to Research and Development for NTDs

06.02.16

Last year, the leaders of some of the wealthiest nations pledged help control and eliminate the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020.

Nobel Honors for Medicine Elevate NTD Elimination to the Next Level

12.14.15

by Baroness Helene Hayman

Global Health – The Next Generation

09.17.15

by Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. Hotez is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics and the University Professor of Biology at Baylor University.

Sustainable Development Goals Must Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases

Submitted by Sabin on Tue, 2015-08-11 14:11

August 10, 2015

Skoll World Forum

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How Three Scientists ‘Marketed’ Neglected Tropical Diseases And Raised More Than $1 Billion

Submitted by Whitney McInvale on Thu, 2015-05-14 13:30

May 14, 2015

International Business Times

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Statement by the Sabin Vaccine Institute on the introduction of the “End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act”

Submitted by Sabin on Fri, 2014-06-13 09:15

On June 11, 2014, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to support the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the United States and abroad. H.R. 4847, the “End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act,” calls for the expansion of USAID’s NTD program; increased U.S. Government advocacy for NTDs among international development and financing institutions; reporting from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on NTDs in the United States; the creation of one or more NTD centers of excellence to increase research and development (R&D); and the establishment of a panel on intestinal worm infections, one of the most pervasive NTDs.