Monthly Archives: August 2010

Medicines for NTD Workshop – Registration Now Open!

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Medicines for Neglected Diseases Workshop
September 10-11, 2010
Boston University

MeND2010 is a workshop convened in the spirit of both optimism and urgency: to showcase the array of resources (funding, organizational and scientific) available for Neglected Diseases research and to develop new resources for the ND research community to ratchet up the pace and scope of discovery. All sectors will participate: academic scientists; clinicians and other front-line health workers; funders and funding experts; scientists and managers of biopharmaceutical companies, large and small; not-for-profit product development partnerships; students and other trainees who will become the next generation of leading researchers, developers and advocates.

The workshop will focus on defined problems and develop key resources for the biomedical research community committed to developing health technologies that can help to break the cycle of poverty for the billions living, for now, at the margins of global society.

Please visit the MeND2010 website to register, or click here to be directed to the registration page. A webcast is available for those who can not make it out to Boston; more information can be found on the registration page. Registration closes Wednesday, September 8, 2010.

Reading List 8/31/2010

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A new list of reads for your reading pleasure! Today we’re reading about a successful experimental treatment for victims of trachoma, the current state of global immunization, the spread of trachoma within the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region of Sudan, and Lymphatic filariasis in India.

Experimental vision cure proves successful, Thomas H. Maugh, Los Angeles Times
Global immunizations hit record but miss millions, David Morgan, Reuters
Mystery eye disease spreads across Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Ngor Arol Garang, Sudan Tribune
Lymphatic filariasis in India: Epidemiology and control measures, S Sabesan, P Vanamail, KHK Raju, P Jambulingam, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

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The Global Maternal Health Conference 2010

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Today marks the first of day of The Global Maternal Health Conference 2010! Taking place in New Delhi, India August, 30 – September 1, the conference will be a gathering of over 600 maternal health experts and their allies in a global technical and programmatic meeting. The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) have partnered for this conference,  aimed to build on the existing momentum around MDG5. The conference will focus on lessons learned, neglected issues, and innovative approaches to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. The anticipated outcome is increased consensus around the evidence, programs and advocacy needed to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity.

Topics covered at the conference include Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health, Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, Policy, Advocacy and Communications, and much more.

Check out the conference’s livestreaming schedule, and spread the word about the Conference by using their hashtag #GMHC2010 on Twitter.

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Weekly Blog Roundup August 23-27

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Happy Friday Readers! Check out what we talked about on End the Neglect this week!

  1. The Global Network got an awesome opportunity to showcase a 15 second spot on the CBS Superscreen in New York City! Check out the video and join Alyssa Milano and Text “LIFE” to 30644 to End The Neglect!
  2. Our wonderful communications/grassroots intern Linda shared her experience in  Honduras as a student volunteer working on construction projects for impovrished communities.
  3. We got a little clinical when discussing Lymphatic Filariasis in our second “Worm of the Week” installment.
  4. We got excited about the 30th anniversary of smallpox eradication!
  5. Alanna Shaikh talked sandflies and giant sores, with a great article on  leishmaniasis, a horrific neglected tropical disease threatening 350 million men, women and children in 88 countries!
  6. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also had some great articles about smallpox this week, so we were excited to reprint them here for your reading pleasure!

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