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CheckOrphan NewsFlash for Wednesday, December 16, 2009: breaking news about rare diseases, orphan diseases, orphan drugs, and neglected diseases. Today's broadcast highlights topics about: National Organization for Rare Disorders, health insurance caps, The Politico, Capitol Hill, NORD, health reform bill, rare disorders, President Obama, health reform, Oxford BioMedica, StarGen, orphan designation, Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, European Medicines Agency, Stargardt disease, ...

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Twenty years of institutional collaboration in a nutshell. Collage of pictures of the collaboration between the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp in Belgium and the Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt in Lima , Peru . The video clip was shown during the Colloquium on Neglected Tropical Diseases of Latin America that was organized in Lima from 12 to 14 November 2009. It intends to evoke the human aspects of a long-lasting collaboration between two scientific ...

Author: camerataperu; Tags: Institutional collaboration switching the poles Lima Peru Antwerp Belgium Dionicia Gamboa Tine Verdonck Edgar Espinoza Blanca Espinoza

MAP President and CEO, Michael Nyenhuis, was traveling around Bolivia to see MAP's programs to fight Neglected Tropical Diseases up-close and personal. One of his trips was set back 8 hours when a landslide blocked the road.

Author: neglectednomore; Tags: Landslide Bolivia MAP MAP International

of winter kits to Afghan migrants living on the street of Paris; MSF’s call for sustained International financial commitment to HIV/AIDS; an alert to European governments regarding the importance of research into the neglected disease Tuberculosis; and a new publication revealing MSF’s role in medical innovation. For more information, please see the more detailed description below.------------------------------A series of typhoons and tropical storms prompted MSF ...

Author: msfuk; Tags: msf emergency healthcare philippines afghan migrants paris

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To most, the children in the worlds poorest communities are unknown, unseen, and unheard of. So are the diseases that are killing them. Visit us at: NeglectedNoMore.org

Author: neglectednomore; Tags: NTDs neglected tropical diseases diseases Buruli ulcer Chagas disease Leishmaniasis Leprosy Guinea worm MAP map.org neglectednomore.org

Making Medicines for People, Not for Profit Description: All lives, no matter where they are lived, have equal value. Yet access to life-saving drugs is most often limited to those who can pay for them. Also, treatments for many tropical diseases are either unavailable or are increasingly ineffective, with toxic side effects to boot. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines is a student organization dedicated to fixing this broken system. We work by changing how universities set ...

Author: TEDxTalks; Tags: medicine development AIDS malaria global health ubc pharma access to medicines neglected diseases

The most common diseases afflicting the world's poorest people are also the most unknown - neglected tropical diseases. At the 2006 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, scientist Peter Hotez helped launch an organization to develop low-cost medications to treat these deadly illnesses. Dr. Hotez credits CGI and the support of President Clinton for transforming the fight against this urgent global health challenge.

Author: clintonfoundationorg; Tags: Peter Hotez President Sabin Vaccine Institute

news about rare diseases, orphan diseases, orphan drugs, and neglected diseases. Today's broadcast highlights topics about: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, IPF, lung disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, PSP, ImmuneWorks, Zeltia, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, malaria, Gamma Knife, glioblastoma multiforme, HIV, AIDS, neglected tropical diseases, worms, protozoa, bacteria, fungi, viruses, Health Affairs, Project ...

Author: CheckOrphan; Tags: Mount Sinai School of Medicine diabetes heart disease kidney disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis IPF lung disease progressive supranuclear palsy PSP ImmuneWorks Zeltia malaria Gamma Knife glioblastoma multiforme HIV AIDS neglected tropical diseases worms protozoa bacteria fungi viruses Health Affairs Project HOPE

A Best Buy in Public Health 50 cents can be more than just two quarters: it can mean the difference in saving a child's life Neglected tropical diseases threaten millions throughout the developing world each year, but for just 50 cents, you can help fund a rapid-impact package of medications to treat the seven most common NTDs. Watch the video to learn more and find out how you change the world through just 50 cents. ... "global health" "neglected tropical diseases" "medical diplomacy" ntds " ...

Author: GlobalNetworkforNTDs; Tags: global health neglected tropical diseases medical diplomacy ntds andy baldwin just 50 cents best buy in health campus challenge