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	<title>End the Neglect &#187; Africa</title>
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		<title>Trypanosomes, climate change and evolution; past and present</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Charles Ebikeme “Trypanosomiasis has kept Africa green&#8230;” The quote above comes from a book I can’t remember by an author whose name escapes me. In essence, it alludes to the inextricable relationship and balance that exists between all things on our planet, particularly the relationship between man and his environment. For a long time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New (problem) kids on the block: Neglected Tropical Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Kenya, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are continually gaining more attention. With a recently launched five-year national plan to rid the country of NTDs and focused efforts on eliminating trachoma, the Kenyan government is working tirelessly to advocate for and treat the 1 in 2 Kenyans who suffer needlessly at the hands of NTDs. Below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK NGO sets their sights on river blindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sightsavers, a UK-based NGO that addresses preventable blindness in the developing world and contributors to End the Neglect, is this year&#8217;s Financial Times (FT) seasonal appeal recipient. Sgithsavers will receive donations from British readers who contribute to the FT appeal, which will run from November 21 &#8211; mid-January. The UK government has also agreed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Nation Setting Sights on Eliminating Blinding Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Just recently launching a five-year plan to eliminate NTDs, Kenya is working tirelessly to ensure that the country will soon be free of these parasitic diseases. Check out what&#8217;s currently being done in the fight against trachoma, one of the seven most common NTDs, in an article recently published in All Africa (the largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New plan to eliminate NTDs in Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Diep</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Africa bears 50% of the global burden of neglected tropical diseases." Quoted from an article published in Africa Science News, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are perpetuating the cycle of poverty,  prohibiting African populations from reaching their potential. In Kenya alone, 1 in 2 people suffer from NTDs.]]></description>
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		<title>The Global Health Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[he World Health Summit will take place next week from October 23-26 in Berlin, Germany. ]]></description>
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		<title>More good news &#8211; New test may improve diagnosis of African sleeping sickness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I thought sleeping sickness sounded like a nice thing to get. Compared to chicken pox or Coxsackie virus, a disease that just made me nod off sounded pleasant. ]]></description>
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