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	<title>End the Neglect &#187; leprosy</title>
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		<title>Four NTD successes you should know about</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know about you, but I’ve found world news to be pretty depressing this week.]]></description>
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		<title>Leprosy, Possibly the Most Annoying NTD</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Alanna Shaikh Here’s the thing about leprosy. It’s totally, completely, absolutely treatable; World Health Organization (WHO) provides free drugs to make treatment even easier. Leprosy progresses slowly – like 20 years slowly and it is not infectious. So what the heck? Why can’t we just eliminate leprosy already? Why do people still get this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrated Programs for Disability Prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: LEPRA Health In Action According to The World Health Organization a ‘fundamental prerequisite for accelerating the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, is the integration of the programme with other disease control/eradication programmes’. Disability prevention is however an essential part of LF elimination.   Where people are already affected by the mosquito borne disease LEPRA Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Scientific Paper Examines the Lack of Scientific Interest in Neglected Tropical Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the global health community, we are always working to raise the profile of the neglected tropical diseases.  A paper  released in the January 26th, 2010 edition of the online peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, looks at the lack of research and attention given to the NTDs.  Author Dieter Vanderelst,an economist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night 8: The &#8220;Other&#8221; NTDs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight we&#8217;ll wrap up our Hannukah and NTDs series with a focus on the remaining NTDs as defined by the WHO: buruli ulcer, dengue fever, guinea worm, African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, and leprosy.  At the Global Network, we are commonly asked &#8220;why do you only focus on seven NTDs?&#8221;  The seven NTDs we&#8217;ve detailed over [...]]]></description>
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