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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
Malaria cannot be halted on its own
Malaria control efforts should be joined with those of neglected tropical diseases to achieve eradication, say Peter J. Hotez and David H. Molyneux.
5 August 2008
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Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Public-private partnerships fail to involve African researchers
Public-private partnership organisations have failed to include African researchers on an equal basis, say T. J. Tucker and M. W. Makgoba.
Eliminating blinding trachoma 'entirely possible'
24 April 2008
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Stable funding system needed for neglected diseases
31 March 2008
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Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
News and Features
US voucher system to boost tropical disease drugs
The United States is set to debut a voucher scheme to encourage pharmaceutical companies to produce drugs for tropical diseases.
14 August 2008
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Source: Intellectual Property Watch
Cheaper cholera vaccine passes pilot trial
A more affordable cholera vaccine, based on a Vietnamese formulation, shows promising results in an Indian study.
Neglected diseases 'neglected by the mass media'
26 May 2008
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Genetic variability discovered in Chagas vector
18 May 2008
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Information Services
China's Olympian pollution problem
Beijing's air pollution monitoring will be watched during the Olympics and beyond
Kidney disease baffles Sri Lanka doctors
An epidemic of kidney disease among farming communities is puzzling Sri Lankan researchers
