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Top News Stories

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Come here every month to see the most important news on NTDs!

  1. Health Ministers Unite to End NTDs – Uniting to Combat   Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 19
  2. How Three Scientists ‘Marketed’ Neglected Tropical Diseases and Raised More Than $1 Billion – International Business Times, May 14
  3. The World Bank Group and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Launch APOC Collection – Medical Xpress, May 14
  4. Eliminating Diseases by Investing in WASH – The Huffington Post, May 11
  5. Tracking Worms Troubles to Monitor a Country’s Health – The New York Times, May 4
  6. A Smartphone Microscope Detects Parasites in Blood – The Bulletin, May 8
  7. Papers on Antibiotic Resistance, Neglected Diseases and Future of the Ocean to be Discussed During G7 Summit – News- Medical, April 30
  8. Diseases of Poverty: Shrinking the Map on Malaria, NTDs – The Lancet, April 25
  9. Students Urge Congress to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases – The Hill, April 22
  10.  Ending the ‘Neglect’ in Neglected Tropical Diseases – USAID, April 15

Top News Stories

Come here every month to see the most important news on NTDs!

  1. Mexico eliminates transmission of river blindness; Jimmy Carter and Carlos Slim partner to eliminate onchocerciasis from the AmericasOutbreak News Today 11/14/14
  2. How to leverage the private sector to sustain health programs: A case study from GhanaDevex 11/18/14
  3. World Toilet Day: Photos Reveal How Poor Sanitation Is Causing A Gender Inequality CrisisHuffington Post 11/19/14
  4. Roundup: Ensuring women’s access to safe toilets is “moral” imperative — UN chiefXinhua News Agency 11/19/14
  5. Why “Neglected Diseases” Are Becoming A Global DangerIO9 11/20/14
  6. End to indigenous trachoma in sightThe Australian 11/22/14
  7. Chinese Premier urges elimination of snail feverECNS 11/23/14
  8. Neglected Tropical Diseases that KillPLOS NTDs 12/2/14
  9. Unilever Helps Lead Coalition To Solve The Global Sanitation CrisisForbes 12/9/14

 

Friday Reading List

 

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Check back here every Friday for the latest news on NTDs.

2.7 million Ugandans safe from river blindness— New Vision, 8/7/14
Private medical practitioners must set the pace — Ghana Web 8/11/14
Ajaja: The monthly environmental sanitation The Guardian, 8/13/14
Mayor Gives Away Deworming Pills to Students — The New Indian Express, 8/13/14
6 Scary Waterborne Illnesses to Watch For — The Weather Channel, 8/13/14

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Friday Reading List

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This series is back! Check back here every Friday for the latest news on NTDs.

$16.5m for at-risk communities to eradicate trachoma — National Affairs, 7/11/14
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers? — Eco-Business, 7/10/14
Public-private partnerships: A ‘win-win’ for global health? — The Global Post, 7/8/14
NTDs thwart Ghana’s efforts at middle income status — GhanaWeb, 7/8/14
Ministry moves to improve eye care services — Daily News, 7/7/14