The World Health Organization lists two tapeworms of its list 17 neglected tropical diseases that need action.
And it would stimulate more drug company research into other neglected tropical diseases, by proving there is a market for these treatments.
The largest coordinated effort to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases was announced at an event at the Royal College of Physicians in London.
In the Lords (from 3pm) there's more detailed consideration of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill and a short debate on combating neglected tropical diseases.
In the morning I had the privilege of joining Bill and Melinda Gates at the launch of a special program to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Neglected Tropical Diseases is an umbrella term for a range of bacterial, parasitic and worm infections which flourish in areas with poor water quality and inadequate sanitation.
The other parasite, Sarcocystis neurona, was a surprising find in the tissues of dead marine mammals, researchers reported Tuesday in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Overseas visits: 9-11 September 2008, to Paris to attend the French Coalition Against Malaria Forum in my capacity as voluntary non-executive Chairman of the Malaria Consortium and Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(5), e1142.
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My travel, accommodation and associated costs were met by the Malaria Consortium. (Registered 8 October 2008) 14-25 September 2008, to Nigeria, Uganda and Southern Sudan to visit Malaria Consortium Projects in my capacity as voluntary non-executive Chairman of the Malaria Consortium and Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
My travel, accommodation and associated costs were met by the Malaria Consortium. (Registered 8 October 2008) 7-11 December 2008, to Senegal, at the invitation of the Global Fund against Aids, TB and Malaria, as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, and voluntary Chairman of the Malaria Consortium (NGO), for the Global Fund Partnership Forum 2008.
The ills of the poor are neglected: of the 1, 223 drugs introduced between 1975 and 1996, only 13 were aimed at tropical diseases.
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