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		<title>A Success: USAID’s Neglected Tropical Disease Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post has been reprinted with permission from USAID&#8217;s IMPACTblog. By: Elizabeth Thompson, President’s Malaria Initiative USAID/ Bureau for Global Health There is a group of diseases you don’t hear much about but that has a terrible impact on more than 1 billion people around the world – that’s one sixth of the world’s population. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading List 1/20/2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Diep</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a great day for a reading list! Today we&#8217;re reading about the new Congress and members who will affect funding levels for U.S. global health programs, former President Jimmy Carter&#8217;s recent visit to Sudan to monitor the current referendum, and the role of roundworm in pancreatic cancer research. Profiles of House Republicans key to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weighing the consequences: Chinese women go to extreme lengths for weight loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within an economic climate where jobs are difficult to come by, many job-seekers are going above and beyond in hopes to secure that dream job. Some are even putting their health at risk. In the Xiamen area of China, newly graduated female students are ingesting roundworm eggs in order to lose weight and gain job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts About Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Nate Wolf I had a water emergency at my house this weekend, and I’ve been thinking a lot about water. Pros and Cons of Water Pro:  It keeps us alive.  Con:  We need it to stay alive.  Pro:  It tastes delicious when you’re thirsty.  Con:  Causes a lot of damage when it floods your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading List 8/25/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Diep</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great new list of reads to get you through the week! Today we&#8217;re reading about a Lancet seminar on lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, a great overview of drugs available to treat NTDs, Merck&#8217;s provision of funds to fight against HIV/AIDS in Botswana, and the use of roundworm in a new groundbreaking study. Enjoy! Lancet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studies Uncover Potential New Roundworm Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amongst all the parasitic NTDs, roundworm (Ascariasis) stands out in particular, primarily for how widespread it is. An estimated over 800 million people worldwide, about one-eighth the world’s population, are infected with roundworm, 200 million more than whipworm, the next most widespread NTD. On top of that, the people most at risk for contracting roundworm [...]]]></description>
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