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WHO Director General Highlights NTDs At 128th Session of the Executive Board

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Just yesterday, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) opened its 128th session. Director-General Margaret Chan opened the session highlighting public health successes and challenges.

She spoke in particular about the importance of integrated control of neglected tropical diseases and emphasized how pharmaceutical commitments, like those made at the WHO Neglected Tropical Disease Report launch last October will enable many more people to recieve the vital drugs needed to treat these diseases.

To read the full speech click here. (Please note that the section on neglected tropical diseases is highlighted!)

Happy UN Day!

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Yesterday, October 24, 2010, marked the United Nations’ 65th year since its creation in 1945. Since then, The United Nations (UN) has grown to 192 member states from its humble beginnings of 51 member states, and has “has provided the world with a framework for good behavior.” To note, the UN has agreed to achieving eight international development goals by the year 2015, which are referred as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals include eradicating poverty, ending hunger, addressing maternal and child health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, achieving environmental sustainability, among other issues as well.

Just last month, the 2010 MDG Summit took place in New York where public and private, governmental, and UN agencies convened to discuss the current progress and the next steps in achieving the MDGs. Our very own Communications Associate Anjana Padmanabhan was present at the event’s Digital Media lounge, where she live-blogged about the summit’s current happenings. End the Neglect featured this coverage and more throughout the week of the Summit.

For more information on the UN’s 65th Anniversary, please check out their website.

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Every minute counts: Improve Maternal and Child Health!

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EngenderHealth works to improve the lives of individuals and families by targeting issues in family planning, maternal health, HIV and AIDS, gender equity, and others. In 2008, EngenderHealth launched a video about Millennium Development Goal 5 and the state of global maternal health. Over the years the numbers have changed, and EngenderHealth has updated the original version of the video to reflect this change. Check out the latest version below:

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Wrapping Up UN Week, But Not Shutting Up

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It’s been an interesting week here in New York during UN Week. While the pace and spread of information has been frenzied, we can’t deny that the use of social media has opened up the conversation about international development, global health, and philanthropy to a much larger audience of caring, concerned citizens all across the globe.  The words “social good” have certainly entered into my rhetoric after this week. (follow on Twitter).

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