Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) announced receipt of a four-year, €5.9 million grant from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the development of a vaccine to combat human hookworm infection.
Hookworm infection, an intestinal parasitic disease most commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America, affects an estimated 600 million people.
This Week on End the Neglect…
This week on End the Neglect…
1. We started the week off with a blog from ONE about the importance of global aid initiatives.
2. Alanna Shaikh wrote about a constant difficulty in public health: the amount of time it takes to keep updating people about the work individuals are doing.
3. Thursday we learned about Afghanistan’s newest deworming initiatives and did a round up of our exciting event this week celebrating last week’s launch of the WHO Report on NTDs.
Save the Children works in the U.S. and 41 other nations to help support families and children who are dealing with the ongoing issues of disease, poverty, hunger and literacy. They have a weekly YouTube series called ‘Dirty Words’, where they provide a short 2-5 minute video about there ‘Dirty Word’ and how it affects women and children.
Today’s Dirty Word is Worms. The video below discusses the impact of worms and shows mass distribution de-worming initiatives that are currently taking place in Nepal. Check it out:
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