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Nigeria Launches Africa’s First Nationwide Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) Elimination Co-Implementation Plan
For Immediate ReleaseDATE: Wednesday 19th February, 2014Contact: Press Unit, Federal Ministry of Health Abuja
The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health is distributing new national guidelines for co-implementation of interventions to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis... Read more
1st WASH NTD meta analysis published
We are pleased to announce that the first in the series of WASH-NTD meta-analyses, inspired by Dirk Engel's question two years ago "What's the evidence for the impact of WASH on NTD's?", has been published in PLoS Medicine. Eric Strunz's analysis on WASH and STH has been... Read more
A funding opportunity from GNNTDC
Dear Partners:
We are delighted to present to you a funding opportunity for neglected tropical disease (NTD) treatment programs. The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Global Network) will award up to US$100,000 grants for one or more projects in each of the... Read more
ILEP Joins the NTD NGDO Network
In September the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations became a member of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network following a successful application by ILEP General Secretary, Mr Douglas Soutar, who has been appointed to the NNN’s Executive Group.... Read more
Kufuor decries rise of disease burden in Africa
From the Ghana Business News
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, has expressed concern about neglected tropical diseases and the rising burden of... Read more
Jimmy Carter, New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, and Carter Center’s Donald Hopkins Cover Global Health Challenges in New Conversations on Google+ Series
ATLANTA… On Sept. 10, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, and Carter Center disease eradication expert Dr. Donald R. Hopkins held a special video chat, “Global Health: How We Can Make a Difference,” to kick off a... Read more