Lots going on today in the world of global health and NTDs! Today we’re reading about the current progress in the elimination of guinea worm within the last year, interesting commentary on President Obama’s recent remarks at the UN Summit, the establishment of the Joint Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health to go beyond UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), despite high numbers in global immunization many are still unreached, and a new research endeavor to help fight lymphatic filariasis and West Nile Virus.

Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, 2009-2010, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Restructuring USAID: time to match rhetoric with deeds, The Lancet
National and global responsibilities for health, Gostin, L., Heywood, M., Ooms, G., Grover, A., Røttingen, J., & Chenguang, W. World Health Organization
Global immunizations hit record but miss millions, David Morgan, Reuters