Global Network Press Releases
3.3.10
Ecuador Becomes Second Country in the Americas to Halt River Blindness Transmission
The Carter Center
ATLANTA….Carter Center experts congratulate the people of Ecuador for breaking transmission of the blinding parasitic disease river blindness, or onchocerciasis. Ecuador is the second nation in the Americas after Colombia (in 2008) to stop the transmission of this debilitating, yet preventable affliction on a countrywide basis, according to officials of the Ministry of Health of Ecuador and the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program in the Americas (OEPA).
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1.25.10
Neglected Tropical Diseases Not Limited to Tropics: Diseases Found in the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
Demonstrating that the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is not just dependent on climate, but mainly related to incidence of poverty
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1.14.10
Earthquake in Haiti
As we know first-hand from our work in fighting neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Haiti, the impact of this devastating earthquake will be felt for years to come. It is incumbent on all of us to do our part to help the people of Haiti get through this tragic situation.
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1.11.10
Global Network Ambassador and Actress Alyssa Milano Commits to Matching Donation by Campus Challenge Group Campaign Winner
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases announced today that up to $25,000 of a previous donation that actress Alyssa Milano pledged in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs),
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12.25.09
A Note from the Global Network
With great regret The Sabin Vaccine Institute announces the resignation of Kari Stoever.
Ms. Stoever has been with Sabin since 2004. She initially served as Program Manager for the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative. In 2006, she transitioned to help establish the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, the catalyst for bringing an integrated global approach to combating neglected tropical diseases that affect nearly one in six humans.
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12.14.09
Global Network Applauds U.S. Senate Approval of Funds to Help Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, a major initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, hailed Senate action to increase funding to end the neglect of disabling, devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the Senate FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Conference Report.
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11.2.09
The Global Network Taps Physician, Humanitarian and Television Star Dr. Andy Baldwin to Serve as Grassroots Ambassador
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases today announced Andrew Baldwin, M.D. as Grassroots Ambassador for the organization. In this role, the physician, humanitarian and former star of ABC’s “The Bachelor: An Officer and a Gentleman” will work to raise the profile of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by educating the public about these disabling, debilitating, and even deadly diseases that affect 1.4 billion people worldwide, many who live on less than $1.25 a day.
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11.2.09
Global Network Launches Signature Grassroots Campaign, Just 50 Cents, with Campus Challenge Contest
Today the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases launched its signature grassroots funding and awareness campaign, Just 50 Cents. A major component of Just 50 Cents is the Just 50 Cents Campus Challenge, a contest which provides an opportunity for full-time undergraduate and graduate college students to become Student Ambassadors in the fight to prevent and eliminate the world’s most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The contest will run from November 2, 2009 to April 2, 2010.
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10.28.09
Global Network and Malaria No More Applaud Expansion of the Congressional Malaria Caucus Mandate to Include NTDs
The Global Network and Malaria No More praise the Congressional Malaria Caucus and its Co-Chairs, Chairman Donald M. Payne and Representative John Boozman, for announcing today the expansion of the Caucus’ mandate to include attention to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
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10.27.09
New Analysis Reveals that Neglected Tropical Diseases are Devastating Member Nations of the Islamic Conference
A new analysis in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, reveals that disabling, debilitating and sometimes deadly neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are devastating the member nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The OIC is comprised of 57 nations and serves as the “collective voice of the Muslim world.”
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9.23.09
Pres. Clinton Announces Commitment from IDB, Global Network, and PAHO to Fight NTDs in the Americas
New York, September 23, 2009 —At the Clinton Global Initiative today, the Inter-American Development Bank joined with the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to announce their commitment to mobilize $30 million from the public and private sectors to raise awareness and funding for NTD control and elimination in the Americas, supported by technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), regional office of the World Health Organization for the Americas.
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9.22.09
Miss Universe Organization, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Join Forces to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
NEW YORK, September 22, 2009—The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is proud to announce a new partnership with the Miss Universe Organization aimed at educating millions across Latin America and the Caribbean about the need to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases across the region.
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9.8.09
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Partners with IDB, PAHO to Help Control, Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases announced today that it is partnering with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to launch a major effort to fight neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) plaguing more than 200 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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8.25.09
New Analysis Details Devastating Toll of Neglected Tropical Diseases In Sub-Saharan Africa
A new analysis published today in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, sheds new light on the devastating toll neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) take on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated 500 million suffering from these debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases.
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7.21.09
New Study Demonstrating Feasibility of River Blindness Elimination Hailed by Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
A new study released today provides the first real evidence that river blindness – or onchocerciasis – can be eliminated in Africa with ivermectim treatment in Africa.
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7.11.09
Statement on Pres. Obama's Visit to La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana
Statement from Kari Stoever, Managing Director, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
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7.10.09
Global Network Applauds Approval by Senate Appropriations Subcommittee of Funding to Help Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases applauded members of the Senate State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittees for increasing funding to end the neglect of disabling, devastating and deadly NTDs.
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5.25.09
Africa’s 32 Cents Solution for HIV/AIDS: Delivering Effective and Low Cost NTD Treatment to School-Aged Children
Washington, DC, May 25, 2009 -- Providing mass drug administration of praziquantel, at a cost of 32 cents per child, to school-aged children to prevent female genital schistosomiasis could also reduce
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