2.17.09
7 Neglected Diseases You've Never Heard Of
"Treehugger" discovery blog
Well, maybe you have, but now that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is championing their cause, to the tune of a $34 million grant to fight these diseases, you just might be hearing a lot more about them.
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1.30.09
Bill & Melinda Gates Press Conference at Davos (World Economic Forum)
Melinda Gates: We’re living in a time of unprecedented economic turmoil, as everyone here at Davos is talking about, and the global financial crisis that we’re all facing really c
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2.12.09
Neglected Disease Boost
Nature
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has called for a worldwide push to slash the burden of neglected tropical diseases such as elephantiasis, trachoma and schistosomiasis by 2020.
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2.13.09
Should the Global Fund and Other Malaria Donor Agencies Pay for Deworming?
Karen Grepin's Global/Public Health Blog
When I say "neglected tropical disease", I don't mean the diseases that most
people in the US have heard of or have even purchased a Starbucks coffee to help treat in Africa, I mean the real nasty ones like onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and even a bunch that are so less well known that they often get grouped into catch-all categories like "soil transmitted helminths" - even by the experts who are crazy enough to devote their careers to tackling them.
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2.17.09
Gates Foundation Awards Millions for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Voice of America News
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently committed $34 million to help fight what are called neglected tropical diseases.
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2.12.09
Elevating Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Under the Obama Administration
RH Reality Check
By repealing the Global Gag Rule on his third day in office, President Obama took a huge first step toward leading the world in addressing the health needs of the world's poorest women, children and families. Now it is time to get to work on elevating what has been a stagnant American response on global family health and work toward saving the lives of millions of women and children.
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2.5.09
Hostile Countries May Unclench Fists Under Medical Diplomacy
Medical Device Daily
In his inauguration speech, President Barack Obama had both a warning for and an offer to countries that are hostile to the U.S.
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2.6.09
Some Neglected Diseases Are More Neglected Than Others
Science
In a bird’s-eye view of who’s fighting diseases among the poor, Ireland and the United States stand out for largess; Germany and Japan seem skimpy.
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2.6.09
Three Q's
Science
In recent years, infectious diseases researcher Peter Hotez has advocated fighting disease to help bring peace and stability to countries ridden with conflict.
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1.30.09
Global Health at a Discount
ScienceInsider / Research!America
Seven so-called neglected diseases just became a little less neglected.
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