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Neglected diseases, such as Chagas disease and schistosomiasis, are given a low status in global public health priorities. Yet they affect one billion people, mainly in remote areas, rural slums and conflict zones.
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Opinions and Analysis
Collaboration key to developing world genomics research
Poor countries need support to participate in genomics research, say Josefina Coloma and Eva Harris in PLoS Medicine.
Funding mass treatment of lymphatic filariasis is vital
Interrupting funding for mass treatment of lymphatic filariasis can lead to a quick resurgence in the disease, say Kimberly Won and colleagues.
6 September 2009
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Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
'Lack of political will' to develop new vaccines
28 May 2009
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Source: Soitu.es
Biotech industry can help tackle neglected diseases
17 April 2009
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Source: Nature Biotechnology
News and Features
Building construction waste 'increases dengue rates'
A Brazilian study indicates that waste produced by building construction, such as rubble, can help spread the dengue vector.
23 November 2009
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Dog fleas implicated in leishmaniasis spread
Fleas may transmit leishmaniasis to dogs, maintaining a reservoir of disease that could then infect humans.
Cholera outbreaks depend on river flow, say scientists
13 November 2009
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Study reviews dengue vaccine candidates
3 November 2009
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Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Information Services
Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
