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Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI) Website Launch

July 11th, 2011

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new website for the Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI), a consortium of organizations working to lay the groundwork for dengue vaccine introduction in endemic areas. Dengue is now endemic in over 100 countries across the globe, and is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease. Established in 2010, DVI builds on the momentum and capabilities of the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI) and focuses on creating an enabling environment for vaccine introduction and on maintaining a pipeline of vaccine candidates. DVI builds and expands on this history through working in partnership with governments, industry and the scientific community to increase the priority given to dengue vaccines at the global level and work for a world free of dengue.  To learn more about the Dengue Vaccine Initiative, please visit http://www.denguevaccines.org.

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WHO research programme on tropical diseases wins Gates Award

June 17th, 2011

The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), based at WHO headquarters in Geneva and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO, has won the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health.
TDR which has been operating since 1975, has supported and advocated for research and development to address infectious diseases and has had a major impact on reducing the burden of onchocerciasis, dengue, malaria, Chagas’ disease and visceral leishmaniasis .TDR will recieve $1 Million as a part of the reward which will go to expanding its fellowship and training programs.

Read the full press release here

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Posted in Africa, Chagas, Global Health, malaria, NTDs, Press Release, Public Health, Tropical Medicine, WHO

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Deworming as a public health intervention: can it have lasting effects?

June 9th, 2011

On May 16, 2011, the Center for Global Development hosted an event for Michael Kremer and Sarah Baird to present data on their long-term follow-up research study called “Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Deworming in Kenya.” Other authors on the paper include Joan Hamory Hicks and Edward Miguel). This paper concludes that deworming in Kenyan schools can show significant, long-term gain in employment and earnings and among dewormed children. » Read more: Deworming as a public health intervention: can it have lasting effects?

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Posted in Africa, de-worming, Global Development, Global Health, hookworm, NTDs, parasites, poverty, Public Health, Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH)

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BCM, Texas Children’s announce recruitment of Dr. Peter Hotez and team in major advance to develop vaccines for world’s poor

June 8th, 2011

“We will be making an unprecedented assault on the diseases of poverty in the world.” — Dr. Peter Hotez

Agreement will establish national tropical medicine school at Baylor College of Medicine, move Sabin Vaccine Institute’s vaccine development program to Texas Children’s Hospital

HOUSTON – (June 8, 2011) – Leaders of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital today announced an agreement to move Sabin’s vaccine development program to Texas Children’s and BCM as part of the recruitment of world renowned neglected diseases expert Dr. Peter Hotez.

The comprehensive initiative will include the establishment of the first national school of tropical medicine in the United States at BCM. Hotez will serve as the founding dean. » Read more: BCM, Texas Children’s announce recruitment of Dr. Peter Hotez and team in major advance to develop vaccines for world’s poor

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Posted in Global Development, Global Health, NTDs, Public Health, Tropical Medicine

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