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		<title>Alyssa Milano, Tonic.com, and the Global Network Unite Against Lymphatic Filariasis!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LF, also known as elephantiasis, affects 120 million people worldwide and this week (April 19-26), we are proud to partner with actress and Global Network Ambassador Alyssa Milano and Tonic.com - an online platform to educate and engage consumers around positive actions - on a social-media driven campaign to raise $75,000 to keep a lymphatic filariasis (LF) program alive in the Indian state of Orissa.]]></description>
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		<title>New NTD treatment program launches with some help from Miss Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jessica Stuart Last week, I filmed the launch of an NTD treatment program in Recife, Brazil with the Global Network. Recife is Brazil’s fourth largest city with 1.5 million people, but one million of those people live in poverty.  Brazil has made incredible progress fighting neglected tropical diseases in many areas, but the poorest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to a Parasite</title>
		<link>http://endtheneglect.org/2011/03/letter-to-a-parasite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[MDA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Amanda Miller Dear Lymphatic Filariasis, You disgust me.  You are a parasite.  You use unsuspecting mosquitoes to spread thread-like worms into unsuspecting humans.  You occupy the lymphatic system in humans, and in severe cases, you lead to elephantiasis.  In case you didn’t know, that’s massive and painful swelling of limbs.  You cause pain, immobility, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending the neglect</title>
		<link>http://endtheneglect.org/2011/01/ending-the-neglect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[field research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Integration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK-based journalist Emilie Filou (who recently authored this great article on Trachoma), writes about neglected tropical diseases again for This is Africa. The article also features snippets from interviews Filou conducted with Dr. Neeraj Mistry, Managing Director of the Global Network, and Dr. Peter Hotez. The piece discusses the role of pharmaceuticals in NTD control, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Footage from the 6th Meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis</title>
		<link>http://endtheneglect.org/2010/12/footage-from-the-6th-meeting-of-the-global-alliance-to-eliminate-lymphatic-filariasis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we mentioned, the 6th Meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) met from June 1 – June 3, 2010 and focused on developing strategies for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination for the next 10 years. Working with public and private partners, GAELF mobilizes political, financial, and technical resources to achieve LF elimination. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: do we have the drugs to complete the job?</title>
		<link>http://endtheneglect.org/2010/12/elimination-of-lymphatic-filariasis-do-we-have-the-drugs-to-complete-the-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[loa loa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2020 is the deadline that the WHO Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) set to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF). Currently LF is treated through mass drug administration (MDA) &#8211; which is administering drugs to an entire population to treat a diseases -  using diethylcarbamazine or ivermectin monotherapy, or either drug in combination with albendazole. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of NTDs on Women</title>
		<link>http://endtheneglect.org/2010/11/impact-of-ntds-on-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Alanna Shaikh One of the really interesting things about studying neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is that they’re not all the same. NTDs aren’t a single health problem; they don&#8217;t even have much in common with each other. They share certain social qualities in terms of lack of public response and geographic distribution, but they’re [...]]]></description>
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