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15 August 2014
Podcast: Mapping NTDs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
From 4-8 August we conducted our short course on Modern Tools for NTD Control Programmes at the Ethiopia Public Health Institute i
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26 July 2014
Memories from Argentina course
Salta, Argentina, was home to the first Spanish version of our short course on modern tools for NTD control programmes. Julio César Minutti, a...
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23 June 2014
67th WHA NTD side event
The 67th World Health Assembly took place from 19-24 May 2014 in Geneva with a side event on NTDs.
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10 June 2014
ISNTD Water conference
ISNTD Water 2014 will bring together stakeholders involved in the development of safe water, sanitation infrastructure and hygiene programmes for...
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10 June 2014
New paper finds treatment levels and frequency need to be higher to cut STH transmission
A paper published today in Parasites & Vectors found that treatment levels and frequency must be much higher if STH transmission is to be...
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20 May 2014
RSTMH Biennial Meeting
The next RSTMH Biennial Meeting will take place in Oxford Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September 2014.
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16 May 2014
Join the NTD discussion at the World Health Assembly on 22 May
UKCNTD and the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria will host a special session on the control and elimination of NTDs at the World Health Assembly...
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30 April 2014
IX SEMTSI Meeting
The IX Meeting of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health will take place on 13 June 2013 in the National Centre of...
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11 April 2014
Uniting to Combat NTDs progress report and Lancet editorial
The April 2014 London Declaration meeting in Paris included the release of Uniting to Combat NTD's 2013 progress report.
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8 April 2014
Mapping water and sanitation across Africa
New sub-national water and sanitation maps reveal the deprived populations hidden within national statistics.
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2 April 2014
New GAHI website
The Global Atlas of Helminth Infections re-launches website with new look, features and maps.
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14 March 2014
World Water Day 2014
World Water Day 2014 and NTDs: 2.5 billion people around the world currently lack access to WASH, leading to increased risk of NTD infection.
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4 March 2014
Opening up data to accelerate NTD research and development
Data from NTD R&D study made publicly available on DNDi website, writes lead author in The Lancet Global Health blog.
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25 February 2014
Nigeria launches Africa’s first malaria and lymphatic filariasis elimination co-implementation plan
The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health launched an elimination co-implementation plan for malaria and lymphatic filariasis. This combined nationwide...
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12 February 2014
Launch: WASH and NTDs Manual for WASH Implementers
A manual for WASH implementers has been developed to address the need for integration of WASH factors with control of NTDs.
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5 February 2014
Malaria Consortium’s 10th anniversary symposium
The Malaria Consortium will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a symposium on Tuesday 25th February 2014 in London.
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3 February 2014
Learning to map NTDs during course in Abuja
A participant of our short course in Abuja recounts his experience learning about mapping neglected tropical diseases.
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28 January 2014
Results of health and literacy intervention published in PLoS Med
School-based intermittent screening and treatment programmes for malaria may be unsuccessful in low to moderate transmission areas, according to the...
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21 January 2014
New estimates of global STH infection burden published in Parasites & Vectors
A new paper from the GAHI team published in Parasites & Vectors explains global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil-transmitted...
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9 January 2014
NTDs: disease control is about much more than drugs
The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network published an article today about the need to focus on other aspects of NTD control besides...
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28 November 2013
New STH and schistosomiasis maps for Philippines and 16 African countries
New maps are available for 16 African countries and the Philippines showing survey data for soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis. New...
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19 November 2013
Developing a framework for Integrated Vector Control
Jorge Cano Ortega is a member of the GAHI team working primarily on the mapping of lymphatic filariasis in Africa and Asia. He presented his research...
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31 October 2013
Japanese pharma starts drug donations for lymphatic filariasis
Japanese pharma giant Eisai has begun its free supply of medicine to help eliminate lymphatic filariasis.
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7 October 2013
Uganda launches national NTD elimination plan
Last Friday 5 October Uganda launched its national NTD control and elimination plan. The launch took place in Entebbe and was attended by Uganda's...